My Mr's. Virgin

Chapter LXVI

At exactly 12:00 WITA, a black car was parked in the courtyard of a light blue painted house. The house had a zinc roof, half walled, and the other half made of woven bamboo. Simple but looks comfortable. The courtyard of the house is also spacious, decorated with various types of plants, such as, flowers, mangoes and some papaya tree trunks.

The neighbors began to peek, whispering to find out, who were they? What happened at my mom's house? Excessive curiosity, inviting a few pairs of feet' to step closer to the house of mama.

After the car was parked, four passengers got out of the car. Om Dorus, Om Alo, Granny Esi and Om Sina. Soon, a middle-aged man came riding a Yamaha motorcycle.

Mom pulls Mariana's hand into the room. "Do you need to cover your face with a veil?" Mariana shook her head.

"Later they were afraid to see Mama's face," continued Mama again.

Mariana grabbed my mom's hand, kissed the back of the old hand lovingly. "As Brother Budi said earlier, if beauty is not only from the appearance of a person, but from the heart. Beautiful mother born and inner woman. That's why, Mama's son is also beautiful, so the rebut. He-he-he!" Mom also chuckled at her son's answer.

Mariana looked at my mother's face. "Ana dear Mama, the idol woman in Ana's life. In Buddhist belief, there is a new life, which means that humans can be born two or three times, perhaps even more, which is called reincarnation. If it's real, in every birth, Ana wants to be Mama's son." Mom's eyes glazed over hearing her son's words.

"I'm sorry Ana, because Ana refused to acknowledge Mama." The clear pearls also began to rest on Mariana's eye saddle.

However, as the tears had not yet started to flow, the sound of Dance surprised them.

"Don't make a mermaid tear drama! Your guests have arrived." He was sad at the door. They laughed, then stepped out of the room to greet Om Alo with his entourage.

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The atmosphere in the living room looked tense. Each side tries to negotiate, give each other opinions and bargain. The female family has a grandmother, Om Mias, Om David–cousin of the deceased father (father) as a spokesman, and Grandpa–Bala tribal chief of Koten, while the party representing the male family, Koten, there are Granny Esi, Om Alo, Om Dorus, Om Sina and Om Sipri.

Based on the order of customary tradition of marriage of the Crowe-Sikka tribe, the first stage that must be done is panu aho which means to pioneer the road.

If this pano ahu is successful, then the engagement process can be continued. At this stage a woman who will be proposed and become a bride at least have to pass the dong werung ceremony, namely the introductory ceremony to both parties, especially the men if the woman has grown up and is ready to become a wife.

The next stage is tung massage linong, which is the ceremony of giving combs, mirrors, fruits, and cloth to the women. This gift is a sign that this woman has been betrothed by a man.

Furthermore, when the provision of the male party is accepted, the female side will also give lipa, which is a male sarong of its own weave and lensu nujing, the female side will also give lipa, that is handkerchief stitching itself with special embroidery on the edges.

However, in the case of Mariana and Andreas, their marriage was not a perfect plan. All apply in urgent situations because it was only last night, Om Alo conveyed the intention of their arrival today to propose. So that there is no preparation from the women, then there is little difference of opinion between the two sides.

However, deliberations conducted with a cold head, get a fair consensus for both parties. The first decision is to adjust the tradition of marriage Lamaholot and the tradition of marriage Crowe-Sikka tribe. The first stage of panu aho is the same as maso asks.

Entering the second stage of dung wering, Marina simply Introduced herself in front of everyone, as well as saying that Andreas had already pinned the ring on his ring finger. Thus, the second stage of tuka cince (exchange rings) for the Lamaholot tradition no longer needs to be done. So, officially, Mariana is engaged to Andreas.

The conversation was postponed for a while, because, mama invited all the guests to lunch together. After that it continued again.

The next stage is Tuli nara(name)/write name. Tuli nara is an activity to record the name of a couple in the church to follow the blessing of marriage. Catholic Church regulations require couples to take marriage courses before marriage.

After that, the couple to be married was announced in three consecutive weeks. Their names were announced at the couple's home church. Completing the process in the church, the two families met again and began to talk seriously about the activities of marriage. The details of the event, and the necessary equipment, had already begun to be discussed on the occasion. The two families gathered while enjoying the dishes provided by the woman. The date of the wedding begins to set, and also the dowry/belis.

However, the man proposed that the wedding be held immediately. Said Om Sina, if a good day should not be postponed longer. If longer delayed, fear of being hit by bad things. So, for the stage of deafness and follow the wedding course Mariana and Andreas will do, while the determination of the wedding date is done on that day, as well as talking about the belis/marriage.

This second decision caused tension between them, because the family of the women asked for ivory as a belis. Finally, the men accepted the request. As agreed, the purchase that must be prepared by the man in the form of an ivory along one fathom of an adult man. As per the agreement, the marriage will take place after Mariana and Andreas take the wedding course. For the wedding reception, will be discussed again before the wedding.