Preparing weddings

Before the wedding ceremony started the bride and the groom must have special ceremony.
First they must be bathed in special way, using water from seven wells given seven pray from seven religious men and bathed in ceremony at home.
Here are the pictures
best wishes

maria and wiwid
the first class of smu 7 purworejo     

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Wedding costumes

these are pictures about the javanese couple costumes
in detail they look so great
the costumes actually were the king and queen costumes in the past times when there were still so many kingdoms in java island
the couple are in a big feast attended by thousands guests who come to congratulate them and wish them happy life they look so grand and great with the special costumes

maria and wiwid

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Pictures of realatives

these are the pictures of the relatives of the bride and the bridegroom
all of them wear traditional dresses
they look so great

they are in a wedding ceremony
they welcome a lot of guest to have a wedding party

indah and bram

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Wedding bath

we would like to tell some important parts of javanese wedding ceremony
they are called siraman
in english siraman means bathed. before the wedding ceremony held
the bride must be bathed first by her father, her mother. and elderly
this ceremony is done at the night before the wedding done
the water used to bath the bride is taken from seven wells and given pray from
seven religious men
this ceremony means to make the bride ready and pure and clean to face the new life

wiwid and julia
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Wedding traditions

in the wedding ceremony the couple are performing some symbolized
things like they feed each other means they are ready to help each other in the lifetime
before that the bride also wash the bridegroom foot after the bridegroom step on an egg
it symbolize the good will of the wife to dedicate her life to her husband that she will be good wife forever

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