Proto Malay Wedding Ceremony Community Mamak Gutters

Marriage is not only a most dignified way to guarantee the existence of man upon the earth, but also as the embodiment and the inheritance of the values ​​shared by a community (society). In other words, through the marriage community to ensure its continuity, and while preserving, bequeath and form civilization. That's what we can see the wedding Talang Mamak communities that live in the inland province of Riau and Jambi Province.
Community Talang Mamak is a proto Melayu (Malay parents). After the advent of Islam, Talang Mamak community withdrew into the interior. If the Malays are generally synonymous with Islam, then to the community Talang Mamak, synonymous with Malay customs (tradition). Therefore, her wedding ceremony a little more in common with Malay wedding ceremony in general.
In conjunction with the introduction of Islam, there are two distinct identification of a growing community of Talang Mamak, namely: "The new measures" and "long step". "New Step" means someone who has embraced Talang Mamak Islam. While the "old measures" means someone who adheres to Talang Mamak animism and dynamism. But even though a person has done "a new step," local trust values ​​are not necessarily lost. This is due to Talang Mamak using these old beliefs as a point of view to understand the religion of immigrants. As a result, although it has been doing "a new step," but the belief of animism and dynamism are still pretty coloring everyday life of that community.
Talang Mamak marriage as a form of manifestation of the values ​​espoused not only contain the values ​​of worldly (profane) but also the sanctity of (sacred). Therefore, in the wedding ceremony Talang Mamak community in both the phases before, during or after marriage, will be presented nicely newcomers how religion, particularly Islam, and local culture acculturated. In other words, it treats religious communities and local cultures in a complementary position.

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