March 2019

We’re all for a cultural wedding theme, but a multicultural wedding means doubling the happiness! Largely based on Chinese tradition with Malay, Thai, and Burmese influences, a Peranakan wedding is one of the fascinating and colourful wedding ceremonies around town. What used to be a twelve-day long celebration is now more simplified – but some rituals managed to withstand the test of time, such as the Chinese wedding ritual of hair combing ceremony and tea ceremony. On the wedding day, the matron of ceremony seats the couple on a bed, under which a basket containing a rooster and a hen is placed.

MEMENTO WEDDING | A member of PWPA Draw inspiration from the Malay community if you want a to be treated like royalties for your wedding. In a typical Malay wedding, newlyweds are accorded the term Raja Sehari (King for a Day) and will be treated just like royalties! Brimming with adat (customs), the newlyweds begin their royal treatment with adat berinai, where family members gather to decorate the hands of the newlyweds with henna three days before the wedding day. On the big day, the festive beat of the kompang, a traditional Malay drum, will announce the arrival of the wedding royals. Customarily,

ANDREWKOE-STUDIO | A member of PWPA For those looking for splashes of colours and Bollywood festivities, an Indian wedding theme may be right up your alley. Indian weddings are the epitome of glam where the bride is dressed in the finest saree, donned with haldi (herbal product) and decked with gold. The groom steps out in a sherwani, worn over a kurta. In a typical Indian wedding, tying the Thali (gold necklace) is the highlight of the evening, where the groom ties a thali around his bride’s neck as a symbolic act of the couple’s eternal ties. Soon after, the newlyweds performs a