Unique Wedding Dowry

Marriage on the face of the earth is always a sacred thing that is always eagerly anticipated by everyone. Every person, every region, every tribe and every nation has always had rules and procedures are unique and different to show different cultures and levels of adaptation between nature and man.

The meaning of the dowry
The meaning of marriage dowry is sometimes called a dowry is a gift from the prospective bridegroom to the bride, of which the provision is intended to honor or respect the woman. In the teachings of Islam itself, it is intended to honor women by granting degrees this dowry.

In Indonesia alone, which has 33 provinces, dozens of tribes must also mean tens of customs which differ from each other. Although located within a single island, but between the provinces with each other have different customs and customs.

Shifting Values
Changing times and technological developments also take effect on shifting cultural values, although still upheld and implemented their customary. Such as in Papua, at some time ago the local residents still use the pig as a dowry or dowry marriage customs.

But after knowing and adapting to other cultures, especially Islam, values ​​began to slide. Now people began to like the Chinese dishes that have a variety of motives to be used as a dowry, and also comes with a provision of betel nuts.

In Ende, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), dowry, or they call belis imposed very high. Belis counted once so expensive, and most youth in Endepun object to the large and expensive burden of this belis.

Between the usual dowry or they call belis highly related to the systematic social life. This means that if no belis meant no marriage, when marriage a public or church wedding does not happen then it could not possibly come out of marriages.

If you do not have a marriage certificate, so if there are babies who are born without going through the registration of their marriage, so their children could not obtain birth certificates. And that means also will hinder the inclusion of their social status at a later date.

On the island of East Flores Regency Adonara - belis dowry or even sometimes in the form of their livestock such as horses or buffalo. Silver elephant ivory was sometimes used as belis for people in Ende, Flores because it was considered very valuable.

Unique Local Tradition
Adat Karo in North Sumatra emphasize the marriage ceremony with symbolic value. In Karo traditional clothes of the best known and greatly to be their hallmark is ulos. Ulos like a symbolic for indigenous peoples and communities, especially Karo Batak of North Sumatra in general.

In the traditional Batak wedding ceremony that was held usually placed above dowry ulos called UIS nipes that serves as a plate or pedestal; which is termed by the Batak as 'dish tubs' place to put a dowry for women Batak Batak wooed by a man.

Another on the ground Karo - North Sumatra, different in Ternate - East Nusa Tenggara. Indigenous Ternate more influenced by the teachings of Islam, so that the customs or habits they adopt more Islamic teachings.

Delivery of dowry for women Ternate called Bido se hana says Maija. Bido said Maija hana se, could be interpreted as a ceremony in Ternate in the customary manner when envoys from the groom's family called baba se ema; delivers all the needs in the marriage ceremony to the bride's family called Yaya segoa.

Ijab Kabul in the way of traditional wedding ceremony of Ternate is the core of the barrage of wedding ceremony itself. Ijab Kabul performed by the bridegroom or a baba se ema, with additional congenital form of flowers, candles and karo mangale.

Then the bride price or dowry brought by the bridegroom or a baba se ema - the contents of a set of tools prayers, women's jewelry and all the needs of the bride. Dowry is received by the bride or Yaya segoa with prayer chant.

Normally the arrival of the bridegroom or a baba se ema be greeted by the bride or Yaya segoa to the accompaniment of drums Hadrat and wasps, also music percussion tambourine. Tambourine is very thick with Islamic culture that attaches tightly to the life and customs in Ternate.