BALI Traditional Wedding
By Andromeda D Miradji
Indonesia is an archipelagic country has 33 provinces. Each region has its unique customs. One of them is Bali province. Who is not familiar with Bali? It is a small island, known as the island of the gods.
Balinese marriage is very interesting, ranging from clothes, ordinances and the food. Let us refer to with its uniqueness …
The series of stages of Balinese traditional wedding ceremony:
Ceremony Ngekeb
Mungkah Lawang
Ceremony Mesegehagung
Madengen–dengen
Mewidhi Widana
Mejauman Ngabe Tipat Bantal
Mesegehagung Ceremony:
Arriving in the courtyard of the bride groom’s house, both down from the stretcher to prepare for the ceremony 
Mesegehagung meaningful as an expression of welcome to the bride, then both stretchered back to the bridal chamber. The mother of the groom would enter the room and told the bride that the yellow cloth covering his body would soon be opened in exchange for money “kepeng satakan” pierced with rope yarn Bali and are usually numbered two hundred Kepeng
Madengen-dengen:
The ceremony aims to cleanse or purify the bride and groom yourself from negative energy in both. The ceremony was led by an adat or Balian
Mewidhi Widana:
With great bridal wear, they perform Widana Mewidhi ceremony led by a Sulingguh or Ida Peranda. This event is an improved traditional Bali wedding to enhance self-cleaning has been done on previous occasions. Furthermore, both toward merajan, the shrines to pray for the permission and blessing of the Almighty. The event was led by a stakeholder merajan
Mejauman Ngabe Tipat Bantal:
A few days after the official bride become husband and wife, then on the day that has been agreed by both families will join the bride and groom bring home the bride’s parents to perform the ceremony Mejamuan / receive guests. The event was carried out to beg leave to both parents and relatives of the bride, especially to the ancestors, that from that moment the bride has been legitimately be part of a large family of her husband. For this farewell ceremony the groom’s family will bring a number of luggage containing a variety of snacks such as cakes cakes Balinese pillows, apem, alem, cerorot, possum, nagasari, kekupa, rice, sugar, coffee, tea, betel nut, a variety of fruits and Balinese dishes.
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