Bingley says
Indonesian weddings are different.

Shall we award him with "most exotic" wedding experience? I am sure it is a resounding yes.

Thank you, Bingley, for taking the time to give us a glimpse, through a such a vivid imagery, of a wedding many of us will never get to see.

I get the sense of the smell
(The water has flowers, I believe jasmine)

and the colors
The bride wears special make up which is supposed to represent shadows from foliage on her face. She also has a tiara with lots of waving dangly bits. The groom wears a batik shirt

and the pageantry
Performers give traditional dances (for people from S. Sumatra the bride dances in public for the one and only time in her life). The couple kneel before each set of parents to thank them for their upbringing, and then feed each other with a handful of rice. Javanese and Sundanese then have the egg ceremony. The groom steps on and breaks an egg and the bride then washes his feet. The couple then sit back down on their thrones

Many, many thanks for a beautiful postcard!




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