Last weekend saw me in family wedding mode. This mode is prevalent in Brunei. You know, where you all wear the same colour (or even material) because there is a colour scheme or uniform for the family of the bride/groom, and helping out like putting the eggs in Bunga Telors as gifts for the guests, and of course, Karaoke all night long. It was my cousin A'en's wedding and it was a simple and pretty affair. The bride, Imaan, is from East Malaysia, so her family came down for the wedding. Because the bride is not from here, all the functions were done at my aunt's.
Wedding Dais
There was the Nikah (solemnisation ceremony) on Friday afternoon, together with the Hantar Berian (where the couple present gifts to each other). The colour scheme was maroon and so we were all a bright sea of that kind of shade. The afternoon teatime food was from the restaurant in front of the house and I found the Nasi Lemak excellent and a good call.
Red Sea
On Saturday morning/afternoon saw the family boiling many, many eggs for the Bunga Telors. Then came Karaoke on Saturday evening. The dress code was casual (with the notable exception of Auntie Chiah who initially wore a comfy laze-about baju butterfly but for the evening festivities, changed into a bolero jacket over a camisole top, all in lime green - raaapla and obviously not afraid of colour). We had a Karaoke Competition, as you do. There were judges and prizes and a whole lot of noise. Thank God the neighbours are the groom's relatives. If they weren't, we would have eggs thrown over the fence and lots of SHAAAAAADUPS.
The Aunties minus one
Karaoke Freaks
For the Wedding ceremony on Sunday, we were told that the colour scheme is gold. In actual fact, most of us translated gold into cream/biege. Except the husband, who insisted on taking things literally and wore gold baju melayu. But I can't fault him for looking like a solid gold bar, he was after all, just following strict instructions.
Atypical Brunei wedding-goer outfit
Pretty faces all in a row
Pretty faces all in a row-Part Deux
It was a hot day but everything went timely and smoothly. After food, there were PLENTY of picture taking with the bride and groom on the dais.
All in all, simple, lots of fun, no fuss - just the way we like it.
Congratulations to A'en and Imaan!
The Bride & Groom
Hello neighbour :) Come visit me when you're back in Brunei ya? xx
Posted by: EmmaGoodEgg | Wednesday, 02 August 2006 at 05:35 PM
What im about to say has nothing to do with this post pulang.. but i think im your neighbour and you're rano's neighbour. we all same simpang. huhuhuhu. ;) thanks for the bday greeting.. i want that marc jacobs flats pun...sigh. where to get the money? hahaha. cheers.
OH WAIT. YOU'RE ALAI'S COUSIN!!!!! and mel..and peah..and dian.. hahahaha.. etc etc etc etc etc..
Posted by: Sas | Wednesday, 02 August 2006 at 12:27 PM