Showing posts with label dentists wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dentists wedding. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

How To Make The 'Setangan Tanduk'



The headgear of the Cocos Community normally worn during wedding by the bridegroom is called Setangan Tanduk that look like a horn; the horn of a unicorn. The head gear is normaly made from a piece of batik cloth which is dipped in water which had been mixed with startch. The cloth is then form into the head gear and dried. When dried the headgear becomes stiff is tied with a string. Only certain people can make the head gear, particularly the first generation that migrated from Cocos Islands but the younger generation is slowly learning the craft.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

What Happens When The Dentists Got Married?

I was invited to do the 'renjis' ceremony on the couple today on January 4,2009 at Tabung Haji Building in Sembulan Kota Kinabalu. This was another wedding of the Cocos Islander Community. The girl was from our community and the boy was a Chinese from Selangor.

The child born from these parents would be called a Cocos or a Chinese? Or perhaps CoCi?

Most of the guests were dentists or related to dentists or co-workers from the hospital and of course the boss dentist.

Congratulations and May you be happy always.