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Wedding for Linda & Prana |
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Written by Ron B
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
Wedding for Linda & Prana"Aceh Wedding Party" announced the e-mail from Prana, and went on to give the address in Pamulang Barat. So I thought Pamulang was in Aceh and started looking up travel information for Aceh. But I was on the wrong track - Pamulang is near Jakarta, but the wedding was planned to be in an Acenese style. Below is a Google Earth map and the invitation - click for detail. The map shows Linda Gallery in Pamulang where the wedding was held at the bottom, Jakarta Airport at top left, Amaris Hotel where we stayed in the middle, and Central Jakarta indicated by the cloud of markers north of our hotel. |  Linda Gallery on a Google Earth map |  Linda & Prana Invitation - 1 |  Linda & Prana Invitation - 2 | We had got up before dawn in Makassar (about 4am Jakarta time) to catch an early plane from Makassar to Jakarta. A taxi from the airport got to Pamulang without too much trouble, but then finding the correct street took some trial and error and phone calls. The first photo below below shows Linda Gallery with a canopy erected between the house and the street. This meant that at times the ceremony spilled onto the street interrupting the flow of traffic. Prana led a small procession of family and friends from nearby the Gallery to the front entrance where they were receieved by family and friends of Linda. People in the procession carried gifts including a beautifully bound Koran, some money in a presentation frame, and fruit. |  Linda Gallery with street side canopy |  Preparing for the Procession |  Prana leads the procession |  Gifts include fruit ... |  And a Koran |  and Money ... |
Wedding for Linda & Prana - continued
Prana sent the set of photos below which show the formalities much better than any I took. After being received in front of the house, we moved into a room decorated for the wedding formailities. Not eveyone could come in, but a public address system allowed the proceedings to be heard by all the people out under the canopy. |  Prana & Linda at the start of fomralities |  Chanting from the Koran |  Signing the documents |  and more signing ... |  The Completed Certificates |  and a peek within ... |  Then the rings ... |  And a kiss to the hand ... |  and the solemn formalities are done | Here are some more photos that I took during the ceremony. As you can see the backdrop behind Linda and Prana is elaborate and their costumes are spectacular.
|  Closeup of Linda's Makeup |  Early in the Ceremony - all serious |  Chanting from Koran |  Vows heard outside via microphone |  Shaking hands |  Smiles break out |  Bridesmaids on the side |  Prana's parents and Linda's sister-inlaw and brother |  Prana pays respects | | |  Linda pays respects | | To wrap up, some photos showing the great buffet meal, the ice cream, the crowd of people and the entertainment. While all this was happening, Linda and Prana were still indoors posing for photo after photo, and I just happened back in and took one of them. But what a marathon effort.
|  A big buffet with great food |  The crowd of people enjoying food and drinks outdoors |  An ice-cream for the kids and others |  Entertainment provided by girls from Aceh |  sometimes just a few |  Their coordination was great |  Some up, some down |  And sometimes more of them |  And indoors the formal photographs went on and on | | | | |
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