My Love is Not as Beautiful as a Novel

PREPARATORY

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"Wek, wek, wek ga gakut weeeekkkk" he said as he ran to avoid Tiyan who would follow him.

And because the Princess's room was narrow, then she could quickly chase after the Princess and hug her tightly.

"Pity you have accepted me for who I am." Tiyan said affectionately as she kissed the Princess's head.

"By the same brother, you want to accept this childish Princess .. hiks .. hiks."

"Love you Princess."

"Love you too."

I don't know how long they hugged until the end of the afternoon, and Tiyan decided to go home to her dorm.

🌱 One month later.

The waiting day has arrived, in a few hours Tiyan will arrive at the Princess' residence. Tomorrow morning is the day of her wedding to the Princess.

Tiyan came 2 days before the day of Ijab. It was all at the request of the local customary chiefs.

Vian came with his omnya, and while they lived in the house of the Princess' neighbor. While the Princess at the bride's house is still in the pingitan tradition, they carry Javanese customs in accordance with the land of Princess' birth.

Pingit or pingitan is one of the traditions in the Javanese customary wedding process, where the bride-to-be is forbidden to go outside the house or meet the groom-to-be during the specified time. Usually, the two cannot meet until the wedding ceremony arrives. This tradition must be done by brides who are married to Javanese customs.

Therefore starting from the phone or sending messages is also not done by Princess and Tiyan. Bothered this time is brother Rega, the older brother of the Princess. He's the one who went back and forth to the Princess' house and Tiyan's place to stay.

If you obey the custom, this pingitan tradition lasts for 1-2 months, until the wedding day of the bride. But because it was not possible to do by Tiyan and the Princess, then they only did for one week.

Some of the pingit goals that Princess and Tiyan know are

⚘One prepares: The pingitan tradition aims to give the bride time to prepare herself for the wedding. When surrounded, he can rest and take care of himself in welcoming his happy day. That way, the bride looks healthier and fresher on her wedding day.

⚘ Second fosters longing between the two bride-to-be: There is a reason the pingit tradition forbids the bride-to-be from going out of the house and meeting the groom-to-be. The reason is that the two can feel each other's longing so that at the wedding later, the two will be happier because they have not met for a long time. In addition, the groom-to-be will feel pangling to see the bride-to-be because he has not met in a long time.

⚘Three build trust and patience: By not meeting face to face, this pingit tradition also aims to build a sense of trust among brides-to-be. In addition, the two prospective brides also practice patience, which means that women and men can be patient and careful while living their married lives later.

⚘Fourth avoid danger: That said, the tradition of pingit also has a meaning so that both brides-to-be are free from dangers that can interfere with the safety of both. This is one of the beliefs believed by the public about pingitans.

Whatever the meaning of the pingitan Princess and Tiyan do not want to bother, because they also love tradition and culture, and want to preserve it as well.

But it is true that the tradition makes neither Tiyan nor Putri strong because after all they are used to exchanging messages or just calling. But now they harbored that feeling for the smooth running of the event.

"Somehow why nahan misses it so hard!" Babang Dilan said anyway, so it's better to focus on every part of the procession of the event." The Princess murmured in her heart.

One by one, their processes are well done.

The Princess' house has been decorated in such a way by her family and relatives. The decor in each room looks very beautiful and charming. There are beautiful flowers everywhere.

Even so many flowers, fragrant as fragrant as fragrant flowers can be kissed from anywhere. Truly this is a wedding that the Princess coveted and dreamed of as a child.

The little princess has a dream, one day if she has got a mate, then she will hold a wedding dream full of real flowers, and she costs herself.

This is all the result of the Princess' hard work since the work in the city of X. He and Tiyan both started from zero. Therefore every inch of this marriage, did not escape the attention and intervention of the Princess and Tiyan. Almost 90% of their wedding expenses were Tiyan and Princess' personal money.

The Princess's room has been decorated in such a way, and the place for the tomorrow morning flush event has also been decorated so that it becomes a very beautiful place with original flowers.

While Tiyan also did the same thing in the neighboring house Princess. Some of the process networks he did there.

Oh yes before Putri and Tiyan came home before there had been some procession, which is to install tratag and tarub, and install tuwuhan.

The meaning of the tidal tuwuhan is the hope of both spouses to be blessed with momongan.

One important part in tuwuhan is the king banana tree whose fruit is ripe.

In addition to bananas, there are also sugar cane wulung, ivory cloves, leaf rabu, and other foliage. Leaves as a symbol of obstacles in life, which are expected to be able to pass together.

⚘The next day

Today the Princess has been decorated beautifully by wearing a jasmine flower arrangement as a shirt on her body. This morning he will do the process of watering.

A ritual aimed at cleansing the soul of the bride. Organized before the marriage contract process, usually one or two days before at the residence of the bride-to-be.

Before the bride-to-be, the Princess is obliged to ask her parents for blessings.

Similarly to the groom-to-be, Tiyan made a video call from where she is now.

They both sit on pandan mats, then they are watered by pinisuat, the person who ‘dituakan’ and others who have been appointed.

From the place of the Princess, there is still a grandmother on his father's side, then there is an older brother on his father's side and his wife who participated in the event. Then from the representative of her mother's family there was her sister and her husband who participated. Not to forget the two parents of the Princess also doused the flower water on her daughter. Because the last ritual both brides must be watered by water by both parents.

In the flush process there are seven people who perform watering, this number is also based on the designation seven in Java, namely “pitu” or required as a pitulungan (help) to the bride and groom.

This flush ritual symbolizes self-cleaning before entering into a more sacred ritual. Later, the father of the bride who will do the last flush. Then proceed with carrying her daughter to the bridal room.

During the process, the atmosphere became blue, the Princess could not help but feel happy at that time, as well as the two Princess parents.