My Love is Not as Beautiful as a Novel

CUSTOMARY PROCESSION

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Tiyan was fixated on the presence of the Princess who looked graceful and charming that morning. His eyes did not blink when he saw the same woman who had just become his wife.

After the princess sat down near her husband. She kissed her husband's hand after Tiyan pinned their wedding jewel ring.

After that, Tiyan also held the crown of the Princess while reciting the following prayer:

"Allahumma inni as'aluka min khairiha wa khairi ma jabaltaha 'alaihi. Wa a'udzubika min syarriha wa syarri ma jabaltaha 'alaihi"

Meaning:

"O Allah, I ask You for His goodness and the good that You have set upon him. And I take refuge in Thee from his wickedness and the wickedness which Thou hast set upon him."

Then Tiyan kissed the Princess' forehead for the first time in front of the family and invited guests.

Then they signed the marriage book.

After the procession of ijab qabul is completed, the bride and groom are immediately ushered into the house to a place in one part of the house, to take pictures and capture the momentum. Because after that there is still another process and they must use different wedding clothes to welcome the invited guests.

A beautiful photo spot is also waiting for the newlyweds. With dried flower ornaments and fresh flowers have been presented nicely.

When finished, the Princess and Tiyan immediately changed clothes, because soon they will carry out the next custom procession.

At half-ten in the morning, the ceremony began. Tiyan and the Princess had also returned to their respective families.

This procession begins with the arrival of the bridegroom and the entourage to the residence of the bride-to-be, who stops in front of the entrance of the house.

On the side of the groom's entourage, there are 2 young men or 2 mothers carrying each of a series of flowers called mayang twins. One of them carried a bun wrapped in banana leaves and placed on a tray. The court was handed over to the mother of the bride. While the mayang twins were taken out of the house area and thrown into a nearby street, with the intention that the wedding ceremony always runs smoothly without interruption.

More or less twins mayang like that yes 🤗

As the name suggests, mayang twins are a pair of decorative ornaments formed from a series of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit half to one adult body.

Mayang twins will be involved from the midodareni sub-ceremony to the grill ceremony. Mayang twins are believed to provide motivation and wisdom to both partners to undergo a new sheet of household.

On the side of the groom's entourage, there are 2 young men or 2 mothers carrying each of a series of flowers called mayang twins. One of them carried a bun wrapped in banana leaves and placed on a tray. The court was handed over to the mother of the bride. While the mayang twins were taken out of the house area and thrown into a nearby street, with the intention that the wedding ceremony always runs smoothly without interruption.

Then after the bridegroom entered the wedding tent (already in the tratag), the next event balangan rusuh ceremony.

"In weddings there are Javanese tent decorations called tratag, which are ornaments made from janur or young coconut leaves called tarub."

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Still at the same point as the grill ceremony earlier, the distance between the bride and groom is approximately five steps. The two brides pelted each other with betel leaf ties filled with betel chalk and tied with yarn.

The bride and groom throw each other with a smile, the groom directs his throw towards the bride's chest, and the bride throws it towards the groom's thigh. According to ancient beliefs, betel leaves have the power to repel evil spirits in the bride.

It seems that Tiyan and the Princess are still shy when they meet face to face and do the procession this time. But they had to finish this procession as soon as possible, so they also stole each other's eyes and smiled at each other.

There was a strange, urgent tremor inside the chest of Tiyan and the Princess. I don't know if that's what the author understands.

Then proceed to the egg stamp procession or the so-called ngidak endhog. Ngidak endhog is a procession where the husband (Tiyan) stepped on a raw egg, then the wife (Princess) cleaned her husband's legs in a kneeling position. This defines the politeness of the wife to the husband.

After that, Tiyan helped the Princess to rise to her feet, which had the meaning of appreciation towards the wife.

After stepping on the egg, the Javanese customary wedding procession continues to wear sindur cloth to the two brides who walk towards the pelaminan while holding hands.

The fabric is usually white and has red lace in it. These two colors symbolize courage and passion in living the household.

In this procession, Tiyan and Putri will be escorted by the Princess' father using the fabric to the seat.

Arriving at the seat of the bride, the two brides are directed to sit on the lap of the father of the bride.

Then the Mother Princess went up on stage to ask who was heavier between the two couples.

Then, Father Princess will answer both the same. This conversation signifies when there is no difference in affection for the two brides.

The next step is to drink water. Degan water or young coconut water is symbolized as holy water and water of life. Drinking water comes from just one glass for the whole family.

The father of the bride will be the first to drink the water, then passed on to the mother to the two brides.

Then the next process is kacar kucur, where the groom, Tiyan will disburse spare change and grains to the bride, Princess. As a symbol that the man will be responsible for supporting his family, and the wife's responsibility to manage it.

After the lacquer is removed, the two brides will feed each other three times. This procession hopes that both partners can get along well, understand, and help each other in living a married life.

When the first bribe, the two beads of their eyes clashed and locked each other, until finally the words of makeup interrupted them to continue the bribery event.

"Ihiiii .. the bride is timid." Speak to one of the audience and be greeted by the other.

"It has been continued the process, this will run out unfortunately can be continued in the room. " Whisper makeup on both brides.

Blush ... instantaneously a red hue appeared on both Princess cheeks. If not sitting in the pelaminan, surely the Princess will hide.

Likewise with Tiyan, who was embarrassed because he had been unconscious of his behavior earlier. It is true that they are currently on their own, so should focus on the event procession. But indeed at this time, Tiyan is still focused on the beauty of the Princess, aka she is being smitten eh enchanted ....

The princess who usually never dress up, when she is dressed this time her face manglingi. Beautiful and very sweet in Tiyan's eyes. The princess was as astonished as Tiyan. He also praised Tiyan's charisma which this time looks more dashing.