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Essay About Minangkabau Festival

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Baralek Tower - Minangkabau Traditional Wedding Procession Indonesia is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity. This diversity which is one of the charms of Indonesia in the eyes of the world. One part of Indonesian culture is the traditional wedding party. Wedding procession started from the customary fashion, wedding decorations, to the procedures for meaningful tradition is a memorable experience not to be missed. As one of the tribes with the largest population in Indonesia, Minangkabau wedding traditions is a traditional wedding party often encountered in Indonesia. Minangkabau itself, has a very diverse wedding procession, including the attributes of clothes and jewelry worn by the bride when the wedding procession took place. Minangkabau itself consists of several areas called "village" Each village has the characteristics of a wedding dress and bridal headdress worn is also different. However, basically every wedding in Minangkabau characterized by stately, luxurious and festive with shades of gold and silver wedding. In addition, the wedding dress is generally shaped in three dimensions. Basically the wedding procession consists of several stages. Broadly speaking, it can be seen below: 1. Maresek (Application) Application is the first assessment as the beginning of a series of procedures for the …show more content…

The same is done by the bride, represented by relatives of women who have a family by way of delivering the betel. For the groom carrying selapah containing palm leaves and tobacco (but currently sedah replaced with cigarettes). As for the prospective bride's family to include betel complete this ritual. This ritual is intended to inform and pray with her wedding plans. Usually families who attended will provide assistance to share the burden and the cost of the wedding according to

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