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| Two
days before,
henna is put on the nails of hands and feet of the wedding couple. One
day before, the guests arrive and are entertained with music
and dance. |
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| On
the wedding day, the couple
is dressed up for bersanding; then, people wish them good fortune by putting perfumed water on
the palms of their hands. |
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| Then the
couple opens the kenduri
(meal given only at
birth, wedding, and death) by swapping food in each other's mouth. |
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| There is also time to take
family pictures. |
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| Finally,
the elders convene to consecrate the marriage; tradition is passed on by conveying
the romantic meaning and value of being married and, realistically, by
assigning advisors
to help in case of marital problems and
by deciding on a
fine for the one who might want to divorce. |
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