I went to a wedding feast today and it was wonderful. Do you remember our driver Zam? Well his nephew got married last week and the family of the groom was having their wedding feast. The Malaysian way is for the couple to get married with just the family members present and then the bride's family will have a feast and then the groom's family will have one. They were expecting 1,000 people at this feast. It was outside under a tent at Zam's nephew's home. It is catered just like our wedding receptions with typical malaysian food. Needless to say I only had a small snack. It was interesting that a color of clothing is worn by all family members and the bride's family picks this color. They were all wearing peach in this wedding. We were treated like VIP's. We had a table in front of where the bride and groom were sitting. After the bride and groom arrive you give them a blessing with rice, flowers and some kind of liquid(never did find out what it was) that you place in their hands. It was very interesting and then because we were "special guests" we had our picture made with the bride and groom. The family did not even have this done so we did feel like VIP's. I am sure there was a few people wondering who we were and why we were there. Zam was thrilled that we came so I am glad we made the effort to go. It was Tommy and Martha, Michael (Pamela was in US) and myself (David was in Indonesia). Hope you enjoy the pictures below.
Zam
Where the bride and groom sit to receive their blessings.
Where they sit to have their meal.
Zam's 17 year old daughter.
Zam's wife
Family members handing out thank you gift's.
The bride's parents
This is a coconut drink
Zam's 13 year old son
The outfits were beautiful
Bride and Groom walking down the street
Bride's family following them.
We were given this rose and boiled egg after we gave them a blessing.
No one seemed to know the significance of the egg, just said it was tradition.
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