A Malaysian wedding

4.1.07 Dewi, one of Liser's preceptors at TTSH, invited us to her family friends wedding. The couple is Malaysian and Muslim. The wedding starts with the groom going to the brides family so the couple can get blessings from the elders in her family. The celebrate, then they go to the groom's place and receive blessings from his family. They do not drink or dance, but they have karoake (or as they say in Singapore, K-TV). The family and friends were singing all of these Malaysian songs, they we did not know a word to, but it was like they were trying out for American Idol!!

The groom's place and tent.

The tent was in the play area of an apartment complex. But it was fun! The food was spicy and everyone was dressed in their most bedazzled kachangs and headresses.

Lisa, Dewi, and Juli.

These bikes were used to annouce the arrival of the bride and groom. The groom is in a motorcycle club, so the members did some celebratory engine revving, donuts, and manuevers.

The Entourage.

The bride and groom came with the make up artist, Muslim drumming band, and some family.

The groom Irwan and bride Naiine.The drumming band. The members played the a beat for their arrival and during the welcoming moves of the grooms family to them. The members would perform a mix of tai chi, bowing, and hand guestures to welcome the couple to the family.

Eggs are a sign of fertility at Malay weddings. It is also customary to give a hardboiled eggs as a gift to the family, along with money. The couples do not register at Ikea for gifts or anything.


The girls and the couple. At least 10 people took pictures of this.

The traditional wedding cake.
The yellow is glutenous rice, and there are hardboiled quail eggs, prawns (shrimp), and chili flowers on the cake!!

Dewi and her sister. Her mom is in the back in the black headress.