Mar 25 2009
Wedding Invitation
My younger sisters came to our house last week. Do you remember my posts about little sis getting married in June?
Well, she visited us partly because she wanted to pass her wedding invitation to us. She will quite busy meeting up with friends and relatives, as it is our custom that wedding invitation is handed over. It is crucial to invite all the relatives and putting their names on the invitation card (well, crucial for our family, at least) in case someone gets offended.
Those far away will of course get their invitation mailed. This is the time when one has to dust off the old contact book and call every s.i.n.g.l.e relatives we have (long lost or otherwise).
My father will most probably help her to hand the invitation for relatives back home while she will make her rounds to our relatives staying in KL and nearby.
In a way, this custom is good as the family gets to use this excuse to keep in touch and contact each other.
Staying in a small town, one has to be mindful of the feelings of everyone and if you happen to leave out a name, the person might take offense at you, albeit you did it unintentionally. Saving face is extremely important in our Malay culture. And there is no such thing as too big a crowd for the wedding in my Mom’s book. I think if she gets her way, the whole population of Raub will get invited!
Gosh! Who said getting married is easy?
