Wedding Ceremony

'Tarik Lipat' is performed during a wedding between the bridegroom and his father in law and a witness. The witness holds a piece called Tarik Lipat made from a young coconut leave. Both of them have to pull the leave. It is supposed to end all enminity and whatever obstacles that may come it the future. Its origin is unknown. It could have come from Java or Sumatera but it is now a Cocos Islander cultural heritage.

Attending A Cocos Wedding At Kg. Balung Cocos Tawau Sabah Malaysia

We were invited to attend another Cocos Wedding at Kg Balung Cocos Tawau on September 26, 2009 by Ms Pelinza Alidie, a fourth generation of the Jackson family. Pelinza is the granddaughter of my father's eleder sister, Wak Eliat. Pelinza daughter married a Bugis whose profession is a teacher in Tawau. Met some old friends and relatives and some had some stories to tell.

It was a Cocos Islander Community Wedding

It was a Cocos Islander Community wedding when the B logger's first daughter wedded on Jun 5, 2009 at the Foyer of Menara Tun Mustapha, Likas, Kota Kinbalu.

Cocos Islander Wedding

Looks unfamiliar!
Where do their originate?
How do they originate?
It looks a mixture of costumes.
It looks very colorful indeed.
It looks very beautiful.