In this modern age, many people think that the more modern things we have are the better we get. In my opinion, it’s completely wrong. Do you know why? Indonesia has many kinds of beautiful traditional cultures, especially the traditional wedding ceremony. Every province in Indonesia has their own wedding ceremony and the most beautiful wedding ceremony is Javanese wedding ceremony. The incredible attractions of Javanese wedding ceremony can be seen from four processes inside it.
The first process is siraman. The bride has to do siraman in her house a day before her wedding. Siraman means to clean her body and soul before ijab qabul. The water that is used in siraman comes from seven sources and be added by seven kinds of flower. The process begins when her parents, start from her mother, pour that water over her head. The process is done, if all of her close relatives, who are married, have already poured over her head. In the end of the process, the bride has to break a kendi (earthenware flask with a neck) for showing that the process is already done.
The second process is balang suruh. The bride and the bride groom have to do balang suruh which is held after ijab qabul. Balang suruh is a process when they throw sirih leaf that has been rolled before, to each other. They throw sirih leaf in the same time. This process means that they love each other and willing to be loyal to each other. It symbolizes their goal in having a lovely and harmonious marriage and live happily ever after.
The last and the most important processes in this ceremony are wiji dadi and sinduran. Wiji dadi is a process of several ceremonies that newly wedded couple has to undergo, such as: first, the bride groom has to step on an egg until it breaks down. Second, the bride has to wash the bride groom’s foot with water that has been added by seven kinds of flower. The stuff that is used to take the water is a piece of coconut shell. Wiji dadi means the bride groom will become a responsible and be a good father when the have children. Another process is sinduran that every newly wedded couple also has to undergo, such as: first, the bride and the bride groom stand in front of the bride groom’s parents. Second, the bride groom’s parent will cover a cloth on bride and bride groom’s shoulders. The cloth which is used in this process is sindur cloth. That is the reason why this process named sinduran. The meaning of sinduran process is the bride groom’s family accepts the bride as the new member of their family. In the end of this process is the spoon feed each other which mean they will live together in happiness and sadness.
Javanese wedding ceremony has incredible attractions in each process inside it, especially four processes that mention above. Even though those processes sound very complicated and so many stuffs we need to do it, but every process in this ceremony is very meaningful and useful in our live. In each process symbolize the bride and the bride groom’s expectation like having a lovely and harmonious family, have a loyal husband and wife, live together in happiness and sadness, and so on. Therefore, the incredible attraction of Javanese wedding ceremony can be seen from the meaning of each process which can influence our live better than before. In my opinion, we should not think the complication, but think about what we will get from them. Those processes will fascinate you, if you know the meaning.
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