As in other areas in Indonesia that have many stages before a person really official husband and wife then in Aceh too. Before the official bride to husband and wife must first go through some fairly long custom procession. What are the custom procession. The procession of traditional wedding in Aceh is divided into several stages which all must be passed by the bride. Here are the stages of Acehnese traditional marriage ..
- Apply Phase (Ba Ranup)
Ba Ranup or the stage of applying itself in Aceh is set with a fairly long custom ie first if a man who is considered mature enough already time to marry then to find a mate for the man or if a man has his own choice of a woman to Being his wife then the first thing to do is to send relatives who are elderly and deemed proficient in speaking (referred to as seulangke) to meet the family of the woman to ask the status of the woman whether the concerned one has or not. If it turns out there is no one who has and no ties whatsoever with others then only a moment to express his proposal.
On the appointed day both parties then the male family sent some elderly men to come to the women's parent's house to officially apply with the betel and its contents as a symbol of strengthening the bond.
- Stage Engagement (Jakba Tanda)
If then the application is accepted by the women then the next procession is the family of the men will come back to the parents' house to discuss the day of marriage (called peukeong haba) as well as to determine how much dowry desired by the prospective bride (called Jeunamee) and how many guests will be invited to the reception.
In this event the prospective groom will deliver a variety of foods typical of Aceh and also other items, including buleukat kuneeng with tumphou, various fruits, a set of women's clothing and jewelry tailored to the ability of male families.
- Wedding party
After all the stages can be passed then only the core event was held the wedding party itself. Two other processions in the marriage customs of the people of Aceh are also not less important is the new tueng dara which means the traditional picking done by the bridegroom to the bride and tueng linto baroe meaning otherwise. After the bridegroom performed the marriage ceremony before the penghulu and has officially become a husband and wife, the party was held to give opportunity to all invited guests who wish to congratulate the two brides.
Not all aceh people can do weddings because of the cost, for the people of lower class economies they just do marriage ceremony only, for the important lower class people are already legitimate in terms of religion in adult.
