The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
A JAPANESE WEDDING
London S,and4rd1

London Standard
 The following is from private ler., just received from lava: "The yijl.,. through which we passed was en fe,es garlands Of leaves and flowers huns across the road, while broad avenns leading of 10 the right was a masso, whitened earthly pots set uprigh, n, smaller pots. To our as,onishmen, we were whisked down this avenue. ard found ourselves in an immense co.r.. yard filled with na,ives-there mus, hav. been hundreds of them. Before we hat time to think what 1t all meant the Car. riage stopped and very dapper lavanes. approached, bosing and smiling and holding out his hand. Our salu,a,lons exchanged. he beckoned us 10 20 w,,b him 10 the Pan doppo. a raised place covered over, m the middle of the square and opposite to his own house. for !. turned out to be the wydono, or che. man of the village
 On ,his dais were a sofa. chairs and table; and after We had been placed II the seat of honor. we were presented si,h wine. tea, brandy and the inevitable 2. and 5tters. while our a;niable host asi some hllf-dozen native chiefs take: away ia Malay. of which we knew no; i word. lmagiae our position .-tirra very hungry and seeing no prospec, 0, getting out of ,Ais affair. The court was gradually filing with natives. while tae gammelong, the na;,oE.4l musical n. s,rumenl, was kept gong n a deafen,ns manner. Evidently there VAS some,hins expected ; and at last. after an eiefai., .. waiting. a procession fled in, consistin. Of many mounted wydonos and abou, i, dozen men naked to the waist. pain,ed over with yellow pas,e-a mos, hideou. sight and carrying immense rcd anc yellow banners
 Then followed people carrying otser ings of fruit and flowers; and finally two closed carriages folloxed by ,wo men hideously painted with ochre and pranc- ing on enormous pasteboard horses They looked too eomical with the long sticks between their legs. They were accompanied by an old haggard woman. deeked out with flowers, paper tassels etc. Nacked 10 the waist. with her gray hair loose. the contortions of this old lady and the pride with which she threw her head about were most amusing. Is this the end of our detention. VIC thought but no. the wydono came smiling for ward and escorted us to his house. where Tn back room was an estrade covered with beautiful white oocoanut mating and here Sd, Tn state two of the most ex- traordinary figures possible woman whose face WIS one n $ of ocnre. with fantastically painted eyebrows, her head neck. arms and tunic covered with enor- nous diamonds her companion d man painted in like manner. and wearing a tall hat encireled with diamonds and his ears covered with large pointed ass ears of gold, also heavily enriched with dia- monds.
 " Behind this singular pair were two women, half-naked and painted yellow. and holding peacocks tails in their hands while behind them again were two dummy hgures similarly painted. The room was crammed with natives. and you may imagine our feelings when our hos, directed us to ascend the dais, himself remaining behind. After many signs and much hesitation we had to ce, up, and win our travei-stained boots to advance to those personages, who then rose and held out their hands to us. The wydono. evidently pitying our uncertainty then moiioned to us 10 come away. and soon we found ourselves in a room where a comfortable luncheon was prepared. Alter this repast, to our great relief, we were allowed to depart. our host giving me his arm most politely to the carriage. II was not until the evening that we learned that the ceremony we had wit messed was the marriage of regents or princes daughter with some Javanese funo'ionary and ,ha, we happened on all the show by mere chance, the resident of Dyocka having desired the wydono of that village te entertain us al tiffin. If we had only known '"