Here we are again....! My next piece of advice would have to be this.
During the 'Berbedak' ceremony, if the groom side comes over to the bride's house (or vice versa) it can be a very, very long event. Why? Because if not properly organised, you waste time thinking and searching 'Who's next going to do the bedak now? Siapa lagi kan membedaki? bla bla..' You may get some people who just move too slow, or may need lots of coaxing till they actually get up and come forward to do the whole 'berbedak' thing. Yeah..this can actually really take up so much time that before you know it it's 10pm and only half way through!! NO .. Nooooo...you do not want this....! Why? Because your guests will get all restless and hungry and sleepy...and then they will start wishing it was over so they could all just GO HOME!! hehehe... (sounds awful..! Is awful... hehehe)
So to avoid all this, "Prepare a name list of those who will be coming up to do the berbedak". (I'm soo big on 'lists' for this sort of thing, it's just such a logical way of doing things *sigh*)
Right, so what you need to do is have a name list from the groom's side of who is going to be 'berbedak-ing' and then on your side also have a name list. So when it's time to do the berbedak someone can get them ready.
And then on the actual night of the event, I would suggest have several chairs lined up in a row somewhere near the pelamin so that everyone especially elder folks can take a seat while queueing.
Then what you may want to have is an announcer with a microphone and loud speaker to litterally call their names out to invite them up to berbedak. - Almost like making it official saying 'YOU...YES YOU...Please come up...YES YOU.." I've noticed that this actually makes things move along slightly faster somehow.
And of course, let the groom's side go first and then your family members! Y'know how sensitive everyone can get :p
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