Brilio.net - Celebrity weddings are always a public concern. One of the highlights is of course the wedding concept and series of events that are carried out. If most celebrities choose to hold weddings with an international concept, quite a few also hold weddings with Indonesian traditions.
Apart from Sundanese and Javanese, traditional Bugis weddings are also a special attraction. One of them is the beautiful dandut singer Putri D'Academy who held a wedding using Bugis customs. Putri is known to have to go through several traditional processions before holding the ceremony, such as the Mappacci night.
In weddings in the Bugis community, South Sulawesi, the Mappacci ceremony is held before the wedding which symbolizes the purity of the bride and groom's hearts as they enter domestic life. Apart from that, the Mappacci night ceremony also aims to cleanse the prospective bride and groom of bad things for both the groom and the bride.
If you trace the origin of the word, mappacci is the name of henna leaves or in Bugis it is called pacci. Meanwhile, paccing in Bugis means clean. At this event, the bride and groom looked so charming in typical Bugis clothing. Their charm shines even more with the henna that decorates their nails and hands.
It wasn't just Putri D'Academy who held the Mappacci night, several other celebrities were also no less charming when taking part in this process. Wondering what they look like on Mappacci night? The following is a portrait, as reported by brilio.net from various sources, Friday (19/4).
1. Evi Masamba.
photo: Instagram/@evi_masamba_real
Evi Masamba held a wedding in October 2018. He married his sweetheart named Arif Hajriyanto. The wedding ceremony was very lively, full of traditional Bugis celebrations. Before the wedding day, Evi and Arif underwent a series of Bugis traditions, namely mappacci night.
On Mappacci night, Evi looked beautiful wearing traditional green Bugis clothes with a crown on her head. This ritual is marked by decorating pacci leaf extract on the bride's hands as a symbol of cleanliness and purity.
2. Princess D'Academy.
photo: Instagram/@da4_putri03
Through her personal Instagram upload, Putri D'Academy shared the moment when she held the mappacci evening ceremony. Suddenly his upload stole attention, because he looked charming dressed in traditional Bugis clothing.
Especially with all the gold jewelry hanging from the bun on her head, neck and hands. Like a royal family member, Putri appeared so charming that all eyes turned to her. Not a few said that the event looked very luxurious.
3. Fita Anggriani.
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Apart from the two dangdut singers above, there is also Fita Anggriani. This FTV star married Jamie Iqbal in November 2016. Even though she was born and raised in Bandung, Fita has strong Bugis blood. It's not surprising that he held a wedding using Bugis customs.
Her charm in this typical Bugis wedding dress really stole the attention. Fita Anggriani held a mappacci night with luxurious decorations. In addition, he wore clothes decorated with jewels. Reportedly, the bottom of the skirt alone has jewels weighing 5 kilograms.
Not to mention the top and crown which are no less heavy. Apart from that, Fita Anggriani's appearance in red traditional clothes and gold decorations made her even more charming.
4. Alessia Cestaro.
photo: Instagram/@alessia89cestaro
Exactly on December 18 2016, Alessia Cestaro and Ahmad Affandy got married. At this wedding, they used two customs at once, namely the Palembang and Makassar traditions. It is known that Alessia comes from Makassar, while Ahmad Affandy is from Palembang.
One of the Bugis wedding customs that the bride and groom need to follow is the mappacci night. This couple also took part in a traditional procession which was quite complicated, but contained significant meaning.
5. Ustaz Syam.
photo: Instagram/@syam_elmarusy
Finally, there is Ustaz Syam El Marusy who officially gave up his bachelorhood on March 12 2021. He married a woman named Jihan Salsabila. Their wedding moment was marked by strong Bugis customs with luxurious clothing.
Like other Bugis brides, Ustaz Syam also held a mappacci night. That night, Syam took part in every procession, including being rubbed with henna leaves by the family. His appearance, wearing stupid clothes complete with a crown, looked very dashing.