My Big Fat Malay Wedding2
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| Putera Valley, my dream castle |
February , is still wet, and my beautiful lawn turn to mush. So my son and his father had to work overtime to prepare the wedding site. The bulldozers bulldozed stones and sand to make passable roads and ground hard enough to walk on. The resort now look like a sandy beach. Of course the tents we ordered is not ready, so we hired canopies , draperies chairs , tables, and everything else needed for a big wedding
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| The chalets with a green lawn |
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| The same chalet, but with sandy makeover |
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Our trusty bulldozers
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A malay wedding is not complete without a pelamin or wedding dias, usually beautifully decorated and set in the house or hall . The norm is to rent the pelamin from a wedding caterer and the wedding planner will decorate it according to the wedding theme. The father of the groom/ FOG wanted a pelamin in the garden that represent ancient malay throne, with wooden carvings and regal looking decorations. We were very fortunate to be able to borrow a beautiful set of wood carving from a friend Adnan , who had made them for an exhibition, but kindly loaned it to us. Once we had the design, a stage was built and pillars for the roof was put in place, a roof was built, and finally the carvings were put in place as the backdrop for the pelamin. It was ready only 2 days before the wedding and I had only a day to decorate it with drapes, flowers and carpets. The end result was amazingly beautiful.
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| Beautiful Wood carving for the pelamin still at the workshop |
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| work in progress |
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| Pelamin designed and created by my husband |
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