the bridal ceremony

the bridal ceremony

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It is wedding photograph series.
Model is my brother and his wife (on the bridal ceremony)
Their costume is apart of traditional fashion of Sundanese (as original tribe of the woman).

Description:
1. Welcome word by delegate of both family
2. The Female goes into the room where the Male/groom have waiting.
3. The Marriage oath have doing between the Male’s parent and the Groom. It has already witnessed by Moslem Leader and both families.
4. Reading the true binding agreement.
5. a wedding ring process
6. “Sungkem” to their parents. Sungkem is meaning about “to show respect by bowing to the head and knees to the ground”
7. Congratulation time by both family
The next process is photograhy session and wedding reception

About Sundanese:
The Sundanese are of Austronesian origins who are thought to have originated in Taiwan, migrated though the Philippines, and reached Java between 1,500BCE and 1,000BCE.
According to the Sundanese legend of Sangkuriang, which tells the creation of Mount Tangkuban Parahu and ancient Lake Bandung, the Sundanese have been living in the Parahyangan region of Java for at least 50,000 years.
Inland Sunda is mountainous and hilly, and until the 19th century, was thickly forested and sparsely populated. They traditionally lived in small and isolated hamlets, making control by indigenous courts difficult. The Sundanese, in contrast with the Javanese, traditionally engaged in dry-field farming. These factors resulted in the Sundanese having a less rigid social hierarchy and a more independent manner. In the 19th century, Dutch colonial exploitation opened up much of the interior for coffee, tea, and quinine production, and the highlands society took on a frontier aspect, further strengthening the individualistic Sundanese mindset.
Court cultures flourished in ancient times, for example, the Sunda Kingdom, however, the Sundanese appear not to have had the resources to construct large religious monuments similar to those in Central and East Java.
more of Sundanese may be read on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundanese_people