#club5050 - Acehnese Wedding Traditionals, Ancestral Art

Hello steem friends, this is my first post in the steem japan community. I hope this post can give us all deeper knowledge about marriage customs in Aceh. Real life has many colors and beauties, one of which is through customs, culture, hand art, and so on.

Talking about customs and culture, of course there will be no end as long as you try to find out more about various places in the world, one of which is Indonesia. Before you go to various traditional stories in Indonesia, maybe you also need to know about the hospitality of Indonesian citizens.

Indonesia is one of the largest archipelagic countries in the world, where Indonesia consists of 17,504 islands, or another name for Indonesia that is commonly used is Nusantara. Indonesia is also the fourth country in the world that has the most population, the total population of Indonesia in 2020 is around 270,273,917 and is also the largest Muslim population in the world with 230 million adherents. Wikipedia

Aceh, is a part of Indonesia which has a very wide variety of culture, customs and traditional arts to discuss. To enjoy the beautiful atmosphere and traditional Aceh, you need to prepare more food supplies in front of you, because Aceh also has more interesting stories for you to enjoy.

ACEH (Arabic, Chinese, European, Indies), this name should be a mixed art for the cultures that exist in aceh. Therefore, Aceh is one of the regions in Indonesia that has a very mixed culture and tradition. One of them is marriage customs, marriage customs in Aceh are very important and should not be forgotten.

If you go to Aceh, maybe you will see many wedding venues wrapped in knick-knacks and decorations that you don't find in other areas. Starting from the wedding procession, dressing for the bride, decorations in every corner of the event house to dishes with various flavors. You need to know, that it all contains a very deep meaning and cultural arts.

Wedding party. In aceh customs, the wedding party is a symbol to celebrate happiness, maybe this is the same as some of the customs that exist in the world. On the other hand, the wedding party in Acehnese customs aims to introduce the two newly married couples to their relatives, family and the surrounding community. So there are words Tueng Linto Baro and Tueng Dara Baro.

Tueng Linto Baro, a ceremony for the introduction of the male side to relatives, relatives and to the local community on the female side. This ceremony is wrapped with celebrations and meals for all invited guests. Not only there, the groom also brings gifts for the bride, such as betel leaves, cake dishes, copies of the woman's clothes and other needs of the bride, all of which have meaning and purpose.

Next is Tueng Dara Baro, this is a ceremony to invite the bride and her entourage to visit the man's house. Of course, with the same goal, namely to introduce the bride to relatives, relatives and the local community.