Javanese Wedding

The groom steps on eggs with his feet, the bride cleans his feet with water. The family observes, gives conceil and prays for them. These are just some moments in traditional Javanese wedding, a serious ceremony with almost no words, just action, performance, and glamorous and complicated dresses. Different from the weddings I know, there was no rice, no clapping and no alcohol, but tons of food, even ice cream (Es krem in Bahasa Indonesia) for the invited people (almost 500). I enjoyed the ceremony for its complexity and for the form. The make up is part of the whole setting and you probably won´t recognize the bride in her normal dress.