MALAY WEDDING CEREMONY (PART 2) Kneeling Prostration This event is held to give the opportunity to the bride and groom for coming and shaking hands with both sides of parents and the guests in the room. Both of them will slowly move approaching their parents, shaking hands, kissing the back of the hand and hugging each other to show their gratitude and apologizing. It is called as kneeling prostration or sungkem. The bride and groom should sit lower than the parents as a symbol of their respect. The atmosphere is full of emotion and there is a sob from the relatives and the guests who witness it. DID YOU KNOW? Manggar Flower The colourful artificial trees that look like fireworks is called as Manggar flower. Manggar flower means the coconut blossom. The manggar flower is used to lead a Malay wedding procession along with the tanjidor. It is made from colourful paper and wrapped around a thin stick, poked onto pineapple that is fastened to the wood stick. At a wedding, manggar flower is on each side of the groom as he makes his entrance to meet his bride.