What is the custom of marriage in Malaysia?

Marriage customs in Malaysia are very distinctive. Weddings are usually held at the bride's house and last for a week, including the groom taking the dowry to the bride's house to receive the bride's relatives, the dean chanting prayers for a couple, bathing ceremony and wedding ceremony for the couple, etc. The main ceremony is held in the evening.

After seven days, the groom can return to his home with his new wife and dowry. When marrying the bride, the groom goes half way and the bride goes half way; The groom should dress up like a gentleman and greet the bride happily with an umbrella like a senior official. Contrary to the groom, the bride should look sad because she is leaving her relatives and friends.

When holding a wedding, the bride and groom should dress up again and sit in the middle of the hall to receive congratulations and red envelopes from relatives and friends. Guests should bow when congratulating, throw grain at the couple, and spray soaked grass juice or tea symbolizing health on the couple, wishing them a bumper harvest, early birth and a long life together.

In this process, the bride and groom can neither eat nor drink, but can only accept the blessing of the guests wholeheartedly. Guests attending the wedding, in addition to relatives and friends of the newlyweds, passers-by can also go in to congratulate. At the end of the wedding, the bride and groom will send back a flower with an egg in it to show that the flower is in full bloom.

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Unusual uses of betel nut leaves

Malaysians' feelings for betel nut leaves can be said to be "innate". Birth, circumcision, marriage and death are all inseparable from leaves. After seven months of pregnancy, Malay women will send a bunch of betel nut leaves to the midwife from time to time as a "down payment" and ask her to help on Labor Day. A boy should be circumcised when he enters adolescence from childhood. Chew betel nut leaves to relieve pain when doing surgery, because betel nut leaves have a slight anesthetic effect.

In Malay weddings, betel nut leaves are an essential gift. Before people talk about marriage, there is a marriage proposal ceremony: the man's family and relatives form a marriage proposal team, holding colored rings made of betel nut leaves and visiting the woman's house. If the woman intends to get married, she will accept the colored ring. Otherwise, the colorful ring will be pushed down, suggesting that the talks can't end normally and the man's representative should be exempted.

After the successful proposal in the first step, the two sides accepted the lottery, and each gift should include a crown-shaped betel nut leaf. On the day of the betrothal ceremony, the future groom will walk in front of the procession, holding betel nut leaves in his hand, followed by a long gift-giving procession, holding a pavilion made of silver paper, various fresh fruit gift boxes, silverware, engagement rings and so on.

When a formal wedding is held, the betel nut leaf basin is placed high in front of the couple, symbolizing growing old together and being United forever. The couple sat on the low platform and received the blessing from the guests.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Malaysian National Culture