ALIMAN bin Hassan (Haji)
Communities of Singapore (Part 3),
Accession Number 000797
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 11
Total Reels
- Mohd Yussoff Ahmad
Interviewer
- 05:09:58
Total Running Time
- Malay
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 11
Metadata
- 12 Mar 1987
Recording Date
- 00:29:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Wedding celebration lasted a week. Now reduced to 2-3 days to save time and money. Wedding treated as villagers' affairs, not individual family's. Collective concept (gotong royong) practised. Various ceremonies carried out by bride and bridegroom: berinai (applying henna on bride's fingers), bersanding (bride-bridegroom sitting on dias), bertandang (bride visiting bridegroom's home), mandi-mandi (communal bath by both bride and bridegroom).
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