Wedding

A tradition Acehnese wedding is made up of 3 parts. First is the religious ceremony at the mosque and then is the reception/lunch at the bride's home, and then the last part is the party at the groom's. This past weekend, we attend the part 2 of my staff Eddy's wedding.

Being part of the groom's entourage, we all met at a mosque near the bride's house, were Eddy got dressed. Then, we all marched over to the bride's home. After welcome dances performed by the bride's house and the gifts were carried in, everyone had a big lunch and then we lined up to congratulate the new happy couple.

The entourage. Eddy brought about 200 people from his village. All in all, there were 2,000 invitations that were sent out.


Truck full of gifts for the bride's family. Depending on where the groom's from, the gifts are different. Eddy's from Pidie district, so they give sugarcanes, coconuts, lots of bananas and clothing, kitchen stuff.


As we entered the bride's house, we were greeted with girls performing a traditional Acehnese welcoming dance.


We were def the hippest wedding goers


The new couple!