Customs, Ceremonies, Ceremony, Customs And Rules Of Wedding In Brunei Darussalam

In Brunei Darussalam, the ceremonies, customs and rules of wedding in Brunei have been inherited from generation to generation for the newlywed couple. The bride and groom are regarded as the king and queen for the day. Malay wedding customs are amont the most important customs and held firmly by most of the Malays here in Brunei both in rural areas and in the city (even other culture and tribes attend these wedding events as well). As far as we learned, the marriage in Malay community in Brunei has its own unique characteristics and ceremonials. One of the main wedding customs here Brunei is Malam Berinai / Berpacar which means “Henna night”.

History of Henna

Henna body art is a tradition that has been practiced in many generations from different countries around the world. The Henna plant / tree which is also known as Lawsonia Inermis is a woody shrub that thrives in hot and arid climates. The henna tree grows 12-15 feet high and comes from the sole species of the Lawsonia genus. It can be

The main colour of a “Bruneian henna” would be in brown-orange colour, but due to the lack of resources for natural henna here in Brunei Darussalam, people would lean towards using the ‘instant henna cone’ which works exactly the same as the natural henna, but it would only take about 15 – 30 minutes to sink in to the skin and the result would come out the same as natural henna colour (dark red/brown).

Usually the outcome of henna would depend on the thickness and surface of the person’s skin. The thicker their skin is the longer it would need for the henna to stay on, if the skin is thin then it would roughly take just about 15 – 20 mins then the henna can be scrape or washed off right after. The moisture of the skin is also a big factor that needs to be known first before the henna artist applies henna. The stain would not last long on very oily or very dry skin as the skin cells would flake off bit by big every