Friday, August 31, 2012

My first temple wedding

One of my colleagues' daughter got married at a Hindu temple today.For those who know Assoc. Prof. Dr. Subra (who has served for so long at IIUM that I see him listening in to Friday prayer sermon almost every week from Level 3.He and his wife, Dr. Mona are such wonderful people),it is his first daughter,a doctor who got married to another charming young man,also a doctor.

Many of us Muslims may have some fear going into other people's worship places cos' we've been taught by our parents, ustaz and ustazah of some old schools macam2 but I went to respect my colleague's respect for me to share his happy and proud day.The Prophet had taught us this.

I'm glad I went.I learnt the Hindu wedding rites, met new people and was mesmerised by the colourful modern sarees women wear these days...so stylo woh.Indian women are soooooo beautiful and graceful.I think they belong to the urban middle class.Rambut pun ramai yang blonde.Cantik!

I need to buy a new camera.Could not capture anything cos' camera rosak. Sorry.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

My last employer ramai staff Indian. I banyak belajar culture dia orang and dia orangpun banyak belajar tentang our religion. So masing-maisng faham memahami. Sampai waktu solat dia orang yang ingatkan. Tak salah kita belajar other religion. I pun ada Indian wedding invitation Dec ni. Insha Allah I pergi.

Faridah said...

That is superb,Rok.But not many are as open minded as you.Islam is by contoh.Kalau kita tak hormat orang, how are they to hormat us, right? Byk betul open houses, weddings this weekend. How are you guys coping?

Mawar said...

Kak F
Saya pernah hadir majlis perkahwinan senior kolej saya, seorang india. Diadakan di dewan besar. Juga pernah hadir perkahwinan kawan rapat di gereja di Singapura. Ia pengalaman yang mengesankan.

Faridah said...

Mawar: itulah sebab you all are chosen to be in this smaller group..kita serupa! :))

Church wedding saya belum pergi tapi kawan2 Melayu yang kawin kat church saya pernah dengar (tapi bkn di Msia).

Isu yang berlainan, yah?

Pishaposh said...

Teringat kisah kawan saya yang bercerita bagaimana kawan dia semasa mereka melancong ke Europe, dan menyewa hotel, kemudian dalam hotel nampak Bible terus menggeletar macam nampak hantu!

Sungguh berkesan 'ajaran' Ustaz Ustazahnya bahawa bible tidak boleh disentuh oleh Muslim.

Baru2 ni di TV Hijrah ada rancangan Dialog Harmoni bincang pasal Islam, Sikh, Buddhism dan Hinduism. Very enlightening .. tapi 2 episod saja ...

Budaya dialog ni memang patut kerap dibuat, malangnya tak ramai yang aware ethics and rules of dialogue tu .. end up tuduh menuduh dan curiga setiap masa ... aduhai ...

Faridah said...

Pisha: yes, kalau tak berdialog, mana kita nak faham budaya dan agama masing2, kan? Tapi komunikasi dan adab berdialog juga harus dipelajari.Ini kena berguru dgn Prof. Kamar Oniah. :)