Thread: Bali marriage...

Who knows why Banjar(the local village security whom always wear black) role as a leader in local Baliness marriage :?:

The banjar is the group or committee who run the ceremonies and administration of the village

The head of the banjar is the kelihan banjar. Security that usually wear black are satpam and I have never seen a wedding performed by one.

We were married by a priest dressed all in white.

adat "security" I'm pretty sure they are called 'Pecalang'...they usualy handle traffic and parking at ceremonies...not the actual ceremony, that (the ceremony) is performed by a 'empu' and there's another name for it too, but slipped my mind at the moment :oops: . there are 2 or 3 levels of priests and mimpi's right, all in white, at least the ones I've seen were. btw, not everybody is allowed to wear white, so i've been told..

btw2, pecalang is also 'responsible' to check if anyone breaks the rules a Nyepi.
friendly greetings, gilbert.

adat "security" I'm pretty sure they are called 'Pecalang'...they usualy handle traffic and parking at ceremonies...not the actual ceremony, that (the ceremony) is performed by a 'empu' and there's another name for it too, but slipped my mind at the moment :oops: . there are 2 or 3 levels of priests and mimpi's right, all in white, at least the ones I've seen were. btw, not everybody is allowed to wear white, so i've been told..

btw2, pecalang is also 'responsible' to check if anyone breaks the rules a Nyepi.
friendly greetings, gilbert.

Yep, You know marriage, like any relationship, has two people involved in it....Im little confused that why Banjar are entitled to allow marry or not :roll:
In other words, the Baliness have not yet freed themselves from their feudal tradition of arranged marriages in village, normally people can choose whom they will marry and when to marry, that's understandable people here had little freedom for marriage :wink:

adat "security" I'm pretty sure they are called 'Pecalang'..

Sorry Gilbert - my mind was a blank and came up with the satpam. :oops:

:lol: , no need for apologies mimpi..my mind goes blank too sometimes.
but now I am worried that my post came across like critisism or sarcastic (spellcheck), if it did I am sorry mimpi...it was not intended that way.

No it doesn't and you are right I was wrong... I did know it but am a bit over tired and not all together with it, following a death in my family back home today.

take it easy mimpi,, condoleances with your loss mimpi.. stay healthy ok.