Wedding traditions of Southeast Asia
Tea ceremonies and sinsod, adat and bersanding, the Batak ulos and the Balinese tooth-filing. 41 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.
Countries
๐ง๐ณ Brunei 6๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia 5๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia 28๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos 3๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia 10๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar 4๐ต๐ญ Philippines 14๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore 7๐น๐ญ Thailand 11๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste 1๐ป๐ณ Vietnam 12
Cities and towns
On the calendar
8/8, the double luck date9/9, the long-lasting date520, "I love you" dayThe Chinese almanac and lucky wedding daysNgร y tแปt, a good day in VietnamShawwal, the month after RamadanThailand and Cambodia, the cool-season weddingsThe ber months in the PhilippinesLentHoly Week and the TriduumAdventRamadan
๐ต๐ญ Cebu, PhilippinesCourtship in the Philippines
A traditional Filipino courtship marked by serenade, service, and family involvement.Betrothal ยท Finding a match
๐ต๐ญ Cebu, PhilippinesHarana
A traditional Filipino courtship serenade where a suitor sings beneath a woman's window at night.Betrothal ยท Finding a match
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia and 4 morePantunฺคูุชูู
A Malayic oral poetry form used in wedding greetings and daily communication to express ideas through rhyme.Performance ยท Engagement and betrothal
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Harana: Markytour777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pantun: Nurmalinda Maharfar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Courtship in the Philippines: Markytour777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source