Gita Dusk Geetruida

Weddings

Adolf and Sekar's welcome was unexpected, Haidar was relieved and happy when Mr. Vooren agreed to their proposal even with the legowo of allowing Clay to follow Joseph's beliefs. He did not want to impose a will that became a barrier to the happiness of his first daughter and the good intentions of his future son-in-law because Adolf also did not find obstacles when hunting his wife even as easy as getting a partner to live as well and as beautiful Vast.

Such was the figure of Adolf who did not discriminate the status of a person even when the adult Clay had a male friend of the natives, Adolf did not oppose. He put his family's happiness first and appreciated the princess's choice despite Joseph's simple parents.

Early in the morning the family home Adolf crowded visited some people who mendah and decorate the living room and living room.

"Mi, what's the show, how many people?" Ask her mother.

"Next week your brother Clay and Yusuf are getting married" Sekar said happily.

"Married? Then after marriage, will Clay take her husband to stay here?" Ask Aya again.

She shook her head, "Your brother will follow her husband. It should be. Mami too, after marriage follows your papi wherever she is in charge, that is the essence of being a wife, son. The unmarried girl is under parental supervision, but once married, it is the suaminyah who is responsible for living to the end of life. You will too, Aya".

Aya, the 12-year-old girl nodded, although she did not understand but she recorded well in the mind of her mother's words.

Joseph is a doctor and Clay has just been accepted as a nurse, they work at the same hospital. But recently, Yusuf will be assigned to a regional hospital in South Kalimantan so that Adolf wants the relationship to be inaugurated.

***

Geetruida stopped his finger dance on typewriter keys. Her memory is nostalgic for the happy times of her older sister Helena, whose name she changed to Clay.

"Your luck is good, brother, you are lucky at least you did not experience the bitterness I felt" Geetruida muttered.

***

Adolf Vooren wanted his first child's marriage to be special, so he made the concept of marriage there are elements of Europe and Indonesia.

10 Days after studying Islam, Clay pledged his determination to follow the beliefs of the future husband in a mosque near the house of the family Haidar, of course with the presence of his parents.

There is a sense of haru tucked in the heart of Sekar, considering that he also changed his beliefs in order to be with Adolf, now he really appreciates her husband who is not selfish to hold the happiness of their daughter, their daughter, after all, just like Adolf before him, Joseph did not insist. Being a Muslim was Clay's own wish. Somehow if Adolf disagrees with Clay's choice.

"Pi, are you serious about allowing Clay to convert to Islam and marry Yusuf?" ask Sekar once, when a woman taught Clay.

"Have come this far .. You still doubt me? I learned from you who willingly followed my beliefs, baby. No problem, want any religion is the same, the important thing is really live the call.

"Thank you for your understanding, baby."

"Hey, why thank you? I just don't want to be a barrier to their happiness, baby."

"Thank God then I'm just ..."

"Here you are, have you not seen the earnestness of Joseph? I believe in Clay's choice and your judgment. I don't doubt the young man's love is certainly capable of guiding Clay. Joseph must have the responsibility to be a priest as well as the head of the family later. Joseph was able to take Clay to heaven and Clay's afterlife, and vice versa, I'm sure of that" Adolf added.

Exemplifying the marriage of the children of some of his neighbors who are indigenous, Adolf also wanted there to be a study and flush before the marriage contract Clay and Joseph. Adolf could understand the pride of the parents who had released his daughter to the wedding.

"What's wrong with you, Pi?" sekar asked while stroking her husband's arm.

"Hm, I'm still sad Clay got married."

"You're late to cancel. Preparation is 90%, you know ..."

"Ah, no, no .. that's not it baby, I just, ah .. that's it," Adolf rubbed his watery eyes with a handkerchief.

She smiled and hugged her husband.

"I get it and I feel the same way, baby, let alone this for the first time for us but it's okay, we wish Clay and his future husband all the best, ok?" sekar Suaran.

***

The magistrate shook Joseph's right hand before uttering the ijab and Joseph connected the qobul without breaking.

Joseph was ready to lead Clay who was a convert and able to meet the needs of his wife, so as proof of his seriousness, Joseph gave a dowry in the form of 1 set of prayer tools and money of 100 guilders.

"Huh?" ask penghulu.

"Baahhh!!" Cried the people who attended Clay and Joseph's wedding.

A sigh of relief and happiness emanated clearly on the faces of both the bride and her family. Including Aya, the little girl who never imagined if a few decades later, the same man also vowed to become her priest as well, at the insistence of her older sister.

Sekar, the hostess deliberately provides a variety of typical Dutch and Magelang buffet dishes. Skilled hands assigned by Sekar to cook busy shoulder to shoulder provide a variety of dishes since yesterday with a very large portion.

Guests from various circles are so enthusiastic about seeing various dishes, there are meat stews, jengkol stew, goat gulai, chicken rendang, gado-gado, chicken soto, brenebon sop, bami fried, chicken satay, kluban/urap, chicken sop, sambel d

an empeyek nut that was Adolf's favorite.

In addition to having a kitchen team that processes food for the party, Sekar also pointed to some acquaintances and neighbors who are good at making certain snacks because, for example, they can also make food for the party, he did not forget to provide sangu for each guest who came as souvenirs for their families at home, namely besek-shaped gifts containing various typical 2 cultural sweets such as legit sandwich, fried bread, and more, lemper, wajik, ampyang nuts, risoles, and others that meet the woven container.

"Anything involved in Clay and Joseph's marriage should be happy, no one should be disappointed let alone go home hungry!" Adolf warned his wife, so that the preparation of the party must be perfect, even he himself bonus in the form of money for the committee.

***

"Ah .. people say the fruit fell not far from the tree but Mami was not a nyai or concubine because she was officially married by papi, as well as Helena's sister, he said, why am I a mistress? Is it possible that I was a fruit that fell from a tree on a twig and that a lower tree kept hitting the roof of some house and rolled away, picked up and thrown away by others?" geetruida murmurs stop typing and take off reading glasses. His mind was tired of remembering the heart wound that always left that mark.

Geettruida recalled his conversation with Mangata the other day, "I'm sorry mom, son. If you find out later, you will understand why your mother does not agree you are married to Arunika, Sagara's son."