Indonesian Wedding

During my entire stay in Indonesia, I attended only two Indonesian weddings. There were few weddings which I could not attend due to project activities. Some important ones I missed are – Robert’s wedding & Riska’s wedding. Both were my team members in Jakarta project. Another important one is Risna’s sisters wedding.


Interestingly, both the weddings I attended were in Rumbai. First one is Junaidi’s sister’s wedding. Junaidi was caretaker of Iksora 128, where we used to stay before. Vrush & Adi were not in Rumbai that time. I attended the wedding with Olly. It seems they invited me only for the reception. When we went there, the bride & groom were standing in a room & with gaudy cloths. Bride was looking very beautiful, with a crown in her head. The room also was decorated in similar fashion. I think it was a West Sumatra style wedding. Most of the women wearing kebaya & men with batik shirts. Outside, there was a buffet lunch. In a corner, there was a band, performing in a small stage. It was a lively show; a pretty girl singing with a good body movement, few people were dancing in front of the stage. It was hot outside, we quickly finished our lunch. I told Olly to hurry up & leave the place before someone invites me to sing “kuch kuch hota hai”.


















The other one was our maid, ibu Ema’s niece Rini’s wedding. We knew Rini personally since she was working in Commissary. This time Vrush & Adi were with me. There is nothing to explain more as everything went exactly same as above.



I am really looking forward to attend a complete Indonesian wedding (not just reception). Hopefully my wish will come true soon, when Risna gets married.