Friday, January 28, 2011

Malay Customs

Introduction
Malay community so hold fast to tradition as it is believed to have an impact in life. For the Malay community, marriage customs are so focused. A ceremony in the marriage will be conducted with the lively and full of tradition. In traditional Malay wedding, there are several key stages.




Merisik

This custom is also called a survey or visit. The purpose of this custom was to ensure that the love of her man is still not couple. This is important, because in Islam a person is prohibited from engagement to engagement of people. In addition, the custom is also intended to investigate the background of the girl's marriage-related skills, polite manners, behavior, looks and knowledge of their religion. Typically, this tradition will be carried out by close relatives such as mother of the groom or his uncle.

For the girl, there are several criteria that must be considered before accepting the proposal of the men among them is the man must have a religious background and have a good job.


split rattan ring
 



Sometimes when merisik, the male representative will be asked to give a ring ring rattan sides and if the girls agree they will fix a date for the proposal. However, rarely do custom merisik because the couple had met earlier, and therefore they will continue to practice traditional marriage proposal to save costs and time.





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