TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS

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TRADITIONSANDCUSTOMS

• MARRIAGE
• IN
• MALAY CUSTOM

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MERISIK (SPYING)

• The adat merisik (asking ceremony, or more
  literally 'spying custom') is the traditional
  Malay system for arranging marriages.
• When it is time for a young man to get married,
  his family will look around to identify a number
  of potential brides.
• Nowadays, the man might suggest to his family who
  he would like them to consider, and it may be
  that a romantic link already exists between the
  man and woman.
• Having decided upon one particular woman,
  the merisik, or investigation process, takes
  place.

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• NOT THIS SPY!

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• THIS SPY!

Get to know each others family
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adat bertunang  (engagement custom)

• As soon as a man announces his wish to marry, an
  engagement date will be set when families of the
  couple meet to discuss the wedding plans.
  The adat bertunang (engagement custom) is
  normally held at the bride's home.

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akad nikah (marriage contract)

• A Malay wedding proper begins with the akad
  nikah (marriage contract) ceremony. The groom
  signs the marriage contract and agrees to provide
  the bride with a mas kahwin (mahar,literally
  'marriage gold' in form of money or goods or
  anything as requested by the bride).It is
  opposite to dowry where the mas khawin is paid by
  the bride to the groom. The mas khawin is a
  symbol to show that the men is willing and are
  prepared to build a family with the lady he chose
  to get married to. The contract signing is done
  before a religious official and is accompanied by
  prayer.

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berinai besar (great henna-ing)

• If the bersanding is to take place the next day,
  the couple's hands are dyed with henna during
  the berinai besar (great henna-ing) ceremony.

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 bersanding (enthronement)

• The actual wedding day is the Bersanding. This
  literally means the "sitting together of the
  bride and bridegroom on the bridal couch".
• . The bersanding (enthronement) ceremony begins
  with the groom's procession with friends,
  relatives, musicians and people waving bunga
  manggar (palm blossom) to meet the bride. Often
  various good-humoured attempts are made to waylay
  or stop the groom from getting to the bride. The
  main part of thebersanding involves the seating
  of the bridal couple on a dais and sprinkling
  them with yellow rice and scented water by family
  members, relatives and guests as a sign of
  blessing.

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A kompang performance is made to escort the couple
A silat is performed to show respect to the
wedded couple
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(MALAYSIA) REMNANT F.I.G.H.T.E.R.S.
SULAIMAN SHAH BIN ABDULLAH 16 YEARS PAHANG
MUHAMAD ZUL AFKAR BIN ROSLI 16 YEARS PERAK
MUHAMMAD HAIQAL BIN ROSLI 16 YEARS SELANGOR
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ABOUT US

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• Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya, Malaysia
• Teacher Advisor
• Puan Masariah binti Mispari
• Team Members
• Sulaiman Shah bin Abdullah
• Muhamad Zul Afkar bin Rosli
• Muhammad Haiqal bin Rosli
• Ahmad Maher bin Khusaini (Future Projects)

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