LOVE BLOWS FROM REUNION
Episode 155: ACCOMPANYING THE BRIDE

    That morning, Sunday, early October. At eight o'clock in the morning, the pendopo Yudi house has spilled over the residents of Nirwana Village, who will accompany the bride. Tourists from overseas, the Caucasian, the negro, the slender, were already lined up on the street in front of Yudi's house. They not only want to see traditional wedding customs, but also want to capture cultural moments that are currently already encountered. They were already preparing with cameras and handycams, to record the event.

    After the soundsystem section echoed the flow of 'kebo giro', traditional Javanese music, the sign of the bride's chirab will begin. Pranata how or the host starts holding the mic, then conveys the series of events that will be held. The makeup artist and some people who helped, busy arranging clothes and makeup of the escorts. Especially the bridal makeup.

    Once everything is ready, the instructions directly start the bridal ceremony, escorting the bride to the throne pelaminan.

    "Para rawuh .., kakung saha putri .., the elders of the pantai, the pangembangan pangembating praja, the young men of the national line, the anem, the sometimes, the relatives, the children, sedaya lingkang rawuh wonten pasekan agung puniko .., mango-mangga we sesarengan sami dedonga .., mugiya adicara jatu kramaning Den Mas Bagus Yudi kanlian Den Ayu Yuna .., pinaringan smoothly, pina, without rusiku, ribito, kalis nir hing sambikala ..." words from the host with Javanese language that is quite njelimet. The event also began.

    Classical music is heard. There are eight young women in dance clothes, featuring gambyong dance, traditional dance typical of Jogja, which began the journey of the bride, starting from the front of the grand pendopo of the house Yudi, to the throne pelaminan, to the, the throne of the king and queen a day that is in the reception place that has been laid out in the field. While dancing, these gambyong dancers continue to pave the way for the bridal kirab.

    On the road in front of Yudi's house, tourists who watched immediately splashed photographing and filming the gambyong dance. Not only the tourists, residents who watch are also many who take pictures with HP cameras. Not to be missed, friends of Yudi.

    After the gambyong dancers walk, the next four men appear with the clothes of the army, complete with a shield and sword, with a warrior dress equipped with a hat of a Mataram Keraton-style warrior. They are the bragada team, who escort and care for the bridal carriage ride. Although only a traditional custom, but four soldiers who were groomed by the makeup artist look fierce and fierce. Like very strong soldiers escorting the king and his queen.

    Although they only became stiff and silent guards without a smile, the four soldiers of this bodyguard became an invasion of photo hunters. They were photographed many times. Although the tourists splashed, the bodyguard remained stiff, silent and fierce.

    Javanese gending continues to flow. The ones escorted by the soldiers also appeared. A horse-drawn carriage, with four wheels decorated like a Prabu Krishna train, called the 'Garuda Yaksa Train'. The carriage was pulled by two white horses. The horses were dressed beautifully and attractively. Starting from the decorated head, the neck of the horse given a necklace of jasmine flowers, as well as the body of the horse covered with a red cloth embroidered with gold. The legs of the horse were covered with leather pads, as if the horses were wearing pants. All this adds to the strength of the two white horses.

    The wheels of the carriage were shiny yellow, as if they were made of gold, though they were only covered with gold paper attached to wheels and bars made of wood. On the left right side of the front and back are given wings with beautiful colors. It's like this car is a giant garuda. That is what Garuda Yaksa means.

    The coachman who controls the horse, wearing traditional Javanese clothes, striated clothes, rags and wearing a typical mataraman blangkon. The coachman runs the train as if to follow the rhythm of gending.

    And the long-awaited, in the middle of the train, the chair is referred to as 'slap kencana', the carving chair with gold decoration, deliberately elevated location, is, as if the chair was on the back of a garuda, so it looks very sharp. In the chair, there was a man in a typical royal dress, complete with his crown, like a king from Java, coupled with a woman wearing traditional kimono clothes, who was also known as the king, complete with various decorations in her hair, like a queen from Japan. At that instant, all eyes looked at the Javanese king who was with the Japanese queen.

    The cheers of many of the people watching. The lights of the camera lights are illuminated from all directions. Pictures are everywhere. Yudi and Yuna smiled happily, waving to the people who witnessed it. Then the hands of Yudi and Yuna, grabbing the prepared souvenirs on the box in front of him, then threw the souvenirs to the people who lined up on the left right of the road. Of course, the people watching were directly scrambling over the souvenirs thrown by Yudi and Yuna.

    At the tail of the carriage, behind the seats occupied by Yudi and Yuna, were two soldiers who also carried shields and swords, standing facing behind. Of course these two soldiers are tasked to secure if there is an enemy coming from the rear.

    Furthermore, behind the bridal train, there are two antique VW cars that open the roof. This antique car is a tourist car commonly used to take tourists around Nirwana Village. One car is purple, and the other is yellow. The car in front, driven by a man wearing traditional clothes, striated with a blangkon. Behind the driver, there was his father and mother Yudi, who had been dressed in traditional Javanese clothes.

    While in the antique car behind him, the driver also wore traditional Javanese clothes with a striated sorjan and wearing a blangkon. While the one who hitchhiked on the car there were three people. A man sat next to the driver, and two more men, a man and a woman, sat in the back seat. All of them were wearing kimonos, Japanese customary clothing. They are Yuna's father and mother, as well as her uncle, who came from Japan to witness her son's marriage. Sure, they're all happy.

    Cheers were heard again. Spectators who packed the road again clapped, where at the back of the antique car appeared penthul temhem, a child wearing dance clothes, his face covered with a mask face that looks funny, and the face of the mask looks funny, prancing dancing with cute balls. This penthul temhem brought an army of lumping horse dancers, there were as many as eight people. The dance does not eat the bells, but does funny movements. Basic children who are dressed in dance clothes and given pictures of whiskers and sideburns, dancing freely, jumping and coming, plus the cuteness of the penthul temhem, of course invite laughter of the audience.

    Behind the lumping horse, two young men carried mangar flowers, which were planted on bamboo stems quite high. Walk on the right and left side. This manga is what the audience is waiting for. Of course, because on every strand of manggar flowers used to accompany the bride was given a lottery number, for the lucky ones will get a doorprize. Each bearer of the mangar flowers tilted his bamboo pole towards the audience, then the people who were on the side of the road immediately jumped to reach the fireworks. So festive.

    Behind the manggar flower, there are rows of young men carrying tambourines. They patted and hit the tambourine, chanting notes to accompany the compliments. The sound of this tambourine sounded mystical, as if there were incantations uttered by the tambourine escorts.

    Behind the tambourine row, there were two young men who also brought the manggar flower. But of course, not as big as the manggar flowers in front. Although the audience also scrambled the fireworks. One spectator got two to five strands of manggar flowers. But there are also those who are not part of it.

    After the fireworks, then the row of escorts. Yudi's friends lined up in this escort line. Including Rini with her children, Alex with his wife and doctor wife Handoyo, and friends who have come and follow the procession of the wedding ceremony custom Yudi and Yuna.

    Furthermore, the bridesmaids did not stop. Because of the people lined up along the street, who were on average holding strands of mangar flowers, they did not go home. But straight to the last line. They all followed the parade of brides, until they reached the party.

    Including those who participate in parading and enlivening this motorcade are tourists who want to see firsthand. There were even journalists who also covered Yudi and Yuna's wedding. And everybody, get into the big tent, where the party's going.

    Yudi and Yuna were already sitting on the bride's throne. On the right side of Yudi, it was sitting too, Yudi's father and mother. While on the left side of Yuna, there were already three people who were also accompanying, namely Yuna's father, mother and uncle. On the bridal stage, they all looked happy.

    "This is not Yudi or Yuna's party, but a party for the people of Nirvana Village" Yudi said, heard by everyone.