öRiwMc6,!theKèEideliapd;brideg.rooi^ivare!ie.OAfi^i4'il®.4}i'e;rb:0R^»;mt|l!ithe
ceremony takes placé; ' T h e ‘.period varies; /h u |: w ifh . ptQpfe’ 'j3Ê;iistipfe-tioii
there «enefally elapses- an interval;.of forty days between the and
'thé marriage;: i
M&rriage con- f On the day. Óf ’the marriage (for which ope that is considered fortunate*
is previously selected) the father o f th e . bride proceeds to the mosque,
accompanied by the bridegroom, .and informing the Panghulu that the lad
whom he présents has . agreed to give 3 \ about
two -dollars),-, requests 1.him ;to-t marry him tosvhi^daughtgrxVJph! tvhich' tte
PangMM inquires .of thehbridégroQm,. ;whetheri hi bas .paiddthii amount,
•or’is willing toll do iso ? :and upon .affirmative bpng ideela-jeeWhe;! sme-
tifles the marriage by words to the following effgcts;:^'
no'fejl yoii,< rédeié vna$ fbridegrs^ml» in j^dlqofe with .w/hz (the bride),
-«r with a pledge of two Teats weight jn gold. nr.&iv^'f- ^akej^a/in)
jtJ to be your'wife' for this world.'' pYou [ate 'tgMiged.itq^pay^e^pledge;, §f
-‘r: your marriage,I (sMrkdmn^r.QiitOj
- *1 responsible foinyohr wife dm all. and,.ey;e.py ^hifig.;wrJf iglo^-^boyjjd happen
-“ -to bed absent from' her Iforbthebspae.e'.gfa^iP p^ontlj-s on shi^20#,óite
cc year at^seaj without giving1 het7any subsistence,, i^nd fjare, rernjs*s in the
^performance of the duties wMchly'QUcowentQj youg jg^preign,r,ya'u^mari
i^- riage'shall be-dissolved, ? if your, wife^reqjiifieg $>, without .any,fu^lher
<{’ form ,dr process-^; 1 and lyou-i will ,be,', besides,.,subject.t^aj^^opunishiment
“ which thé Mahometan law dictates«” -
Should any-circumstance. dccuritpjpsejsjpnt the byidngradm-,, frpp-j.attihd*
ing at the mosque on the day selected- fd r^ e ^ f^ ria g e ,- hp fe?ltow§V.thq
Singular bus tom/of sending h ^ ^ ^ + o tP oerfzuppzfa dwfhich:;,is, dialled
sufficient, by the. Panghulu ) ;and,_a#;eiwa£ds':rh0;5iwy?'^^
represent him. in tfae processions which. fpUoWHï'P^ql^ïSïigv &ejdpui",done
when a man manies for the first time., '.
,*After
* Fortune was so much considered in the making of these matches, among the Romans,
that the augurs were always called along with the witnesses to a marriage contract, to pronounce
upon the happy results of the settlement .which the latter attested: ^
fc (C Veniet cum s ig n a to r ilp u s A u s p e x . i— Jmenal. ,
- -|- The Jews marry in nearly the same way, the husband delivering a sum of money as a
pledge. The Greeks were m the habit of presenting gifts !on similar occasiotfs«. •'-
' -± A description of this instrument, on- account ‘of thé importance attached to it among.-the
Javans, the-constancy with whiefritis worn, and ,the- care, with Which it is preserved, through
different generations, will be found in another place.. i1 •