Hi everybody..... sorry for the late update. I told ya in my 'Shoutbox'. I hope I'm getting better soon. Ok! What's up with this photo? Bride & the bridegroom? A traditional Malay wedding? All of those is correct. This photo was snapped during my neighbour's wedding at my hometown in Kedah. I forgot the date already but I remembered, this event was held nearly to Chinese New Year Celebration.
Can you see their costume were in white and red theme. I don't know much about the wedding theme, but people say they pick it due to Chinese New Year. Whatever.... Don't judge them on that, its their wedding day. Let them be. But, they did a good job on picking up the colors. Ok, enough of that. Now, can you see a group of men in the same costume behind the wedding couple? Good, now look to below photo.
They are the same group who performed at this wedding ceremony. Owh, in this case, maybe I like to replace the "wedding ceremony" phrase to walimatul urus, it is better. Sincerely, I didn't sure what they were performing on that day, mostly people will say they were performing nasyid. But, this group may perform "marhaban", "zanji", "zikir" and recite the prayer during the walimatul urus. Their appearance was unique, and their performance was not for entertainment mostly, they remind the guest and every Muslim there to remember God and Prophet.
Above is me and my friend with the wedding couple at their 'pelamin' or wedding stage. The bride was our childhood friend. We called her "kak long". We're neighbours. Can you see the pelamin was decorated in red and white? It was a beautiful pelamin. I don't know how much it cost them. But, it pretty expensive. Maybe when my time has come, then I will know. Now, we move to the next photo.
In this photo is the old folk in this neighbourhood (except the one in the stripe t-shirt,his son and the fellow at the far right, because they can't be considered as the old folk, still young man!) whom running up the Teh Tarik counter during the walimatul urus. Their presence made this walimatul urus go merrier. Of course, they were the backbone behind this walimatul urus, before, present and after the wedding, they still gave their efforts. That is the importance of neighbors. So, please, be a part of your neighborhood and contribute your support. Maybe next time, you'll need them so much. Another thing about this walimatul urus, it connected back our neighbors with the ex-neighbor which was long gone due to moving. See the photo below.
The old lady who sat at the left is our former neighbor. Right now she stayed with his children at another place. We miss her. She was my first employer. After graduate from secondary school while waiting for SPM result, I worked with her at a factory canteen as a..... hmm.. I'd no idea to describe it, just name me 'canteen boy'. What a nice memory I had when working with her.... Don't guess that. Just say "free food" and "hot factory chicks". Wow!!
I think that's all for today. I have to rest to recover early. Hopefully you don't get bored reading this post. Frankly speaking, I'd no issue to write now. But, there are several usable points was reviewed in this post. Think carefully and drive carefully, hahaha! Perhaps, I'll come back with another interesting post expectantly. Maybe with the subject that I snapped with my SLR-Cam. Thank you for reading.... No comment eh?
