Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-30
\ JANANESE WEDDING.


Tia" following IL from 4 private letter
inst received frum Java: The village
through which 49, passed was On icte-
gdfland- "f leaves aud flowers hung
across The road. while broad avenue
leading "f to the right Was a mass of
"hl'cnrd earthly pots set upright ON
smaller pots. To our as,oni-hment We
wrrr whiskrd down this avenue, and
found ourselves ia AN Immense court
yard filled with natives-tlerc must have
been hundreds ui them. l,eso.e We had
time I" think what u all meant the ear
rage stopped aud very ,iapycr Javane~e
approached, bowing aud smiling and
holding 0ut his hand. thur salutations
exchanged. he lrckoncd ur to go with
him I" the fan-dupla,, a raised place,
covered over, in the middle oi t,,e square
and opposite a. his own house, for he
turned out io bc the wydono. or chief
rnan of the village.
''''n this dair were a sofa, chairs and
table; and after W. had been placed In
the scat "i honor. We were presented with
wine. tea, brandy AMI the inevitable gin
and hiiicrs. while our amiahle host and
som" hall-dosen native chiefs talked
away IA Malay. II which We knew nA q
word. Imagine u,r position tired.
very hungry and seeing no prospect al
getting out II this aifai,. The court wss
gradually tlling With natives, while lhs
gaininelonR, the national musical IN
St.nmcn,, Was hep, going in q dcafrnins
manner. Evidently here WAS something
expected and al last. after an eternity VI
waiting. a pro-e-.ion fiIed In. eomsisssw9
ol man, mounted wyslonos and atoat .
'l"Srn men naked tn tie waist. painted
over viii, yellow i'a-,s---a must histseas
~iRhi--and carrying insss.nse red snd
yellow hlnncrp
Then followed people carrying offer
ingH oi fruit and Howers and tlnnlly two
cl"-e'i carriages followed hy tWe men
hi'''ou-ly painted with 1'l,rr asd psswe-
ina on en"r,nwis pastel.nArd hSswm.
They look.,i t,o eo,.ieal with ths long
sticks between their lcxr. They vsss
accompanied by an ODD hagsarl wanaa,
deckcd out With nowurs, paper taasnle,
ctc. Nackcd to the waist, with her sssy
hair lonsss the eontortions n thlsul6 ts<ly
and the pride with which she tksVW ~
head about were mn~t amu~iMQ. u this
'he end ~ onF desentisny ss eswayht,
hui no the wydoss came susllon9 ~.
ward and e--orsed 100 so his lsossss. s>sess
In bach room was an essrssls eovsspd
with h~ausiIal white eocoaaut ssao1im9.
apd herr att in state .wo II The usaus e..
ira"rlinary figures Is'.~ilsle---A vuenaa
whose sare Was ose mass NJ s'hsV, Win
Enthusiastically painted eyebvws, lses head,
neck, arms and tanir rosered wltts eNes-
nous diamonds hsr esanp~aloa 3 Hsaa
painted In like mann.s, aud ~s~stSe .
tall hat -seir'ied With .lissscnds sssl hls
cars covered With larv. Ioinsed 49, s~ss
~ gold, slso heavily enriched vith dss-
n,pnd-.
"il-hlp'I this singular vsais vesU tvo
wo,ncn. baii-naked aud yssisss<i yu5lvw,
an,I holding leseock = tails ia slseis hass1s
while iehind them again wsse two
dummy hrurs similarly ts~iaarsl. Tke
roam was erammed with natives, as& Suu
may imagine oar feelings wbsn ssss tant
directed ms ,a s-oend the dsis. himasll
remaining l'ehssls Aisss many sluuo aad
nurh hesitation we had so ret =. Cd
witt, our trsvc,.sssined 'sess - sslvaass
Ia iho.e iersonaves, Who then puup onA
held oli their hands snu.. ne wy1aesn.
evidently pitylns our snc~stainsys tDsa
uotloned Ia Ne :" tome nway. ~ apua
We found ourselves in rsHssa wkoss .
comfortable luncheon wss rsvynsva.
After this nsrssi, io .us ssrat peul4, ~
were allowed ,o d'rars. .us lw'u1 olviaa
me his arm r,,s, IsslIieiy N tlse eevstaop.
II was Hoi until the evening inst ~
learned that ihc ceEensony we hed W.
nesra.d was the mavvtssr II v~es~e's -
princes dsushses wish esne Sevaasss
iune,lonary and that ~ hspvsas1sasll
the show by mese eksm~, the rss11nt2
I,yerka having desssed te wytuno =
that village so eusersaiu ~ u aGlns y
W. had only knownl'--Iis issAsa n1ao6.
ard.