Wedding

In Brunei, the total wedding ceremony takes place in 12 days with many complicated procedures and ceremonies, especially for families of noble or royal lineage. The night before the official wedding day, family and friends are invited to congratulate. Most of the guests will bring colored rice flour and aromatic oils for family members to rub into their palms. This ritual is believed to bring blessings to the couple. In addition, they also boil a pot of water with pandan leaves and flower petals, place it outside the big room for guests to dip their hands in, and sprinkle it on the hands of the bride and groom to pray for them to be happy for life.

On the official wedding day, all family and friends eagerly gathered at the largest mosque in Southeast Asia named Jam Assr Hassail Bolikah - which is estimated to be decorated with about five tons of gold. This is the place where the bride and groom are legally recognized for their marriage. Before entering the ceremony, the couple must wash with a kind of local leaf water. The costumes of the bride and groom are plated with gold and studded with diamonds. The wedding party was lavishly presented in the cathedral hall in the form of buffet food, with the main dish being curry.