23th Nov, 2007 was my 2nd visit to JOGjakarta, to attend Ita Qonita's wedding, my neighbour's youngest sister.
The extraordinary view of Merapi (active volcano) at 5 am from Novotel Hotel, stirred the memory of my1st trip here. It was nicely chilled up there even though the hot smoke was flowing out of its peak all the time.
Me and my hubby posed with the bride and bridegroom, also their parents on the wedding isle (above). This luxurious javanese isle was made out of delicately craved wood. The isle was setup at the outside of the house and well decorated with fresh flowers and life plants.
The "majlis hantaran' was held at night on the 24th. The two families and their relatives met with each other. The bridegroom came with the hantaran which most of them were 'kue'. The representatives from each families introduced the family members in their reception speech.
The next morning, the 'akad nikah' ceremony was done in a mosque not far from the bride's house. Before the akad, the guest were given the flyer which reminded about the responsibilities of a husband and a wife. The tok kadi read it to everybody. The kadi was almost bursed into tears as he mentioned the handover of the bride from her parents to the bridegroom. The kadi used to be a best friend of the bride's father who already passed away 6 years ago!
The trip was honoured with the present of Sultan Azlan Shah's best friend, DAtuk Karim(in white) and his wife , Datin Maimunah (in pink) , who happen to be my neighbours too.
