Hantaran or Mas Kahwin: Which One Is Important? [ENG]

Each partner in the world wants a happy marriage, and lasting until the end of life. Every race and religion thinks that marriage is a celebration of the sacred and beautiful. Even from a young age we all have been exposed to fairy tales such as Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel ended with a happy marriage. Each nation has its customs and culture of its own marriage. Each house would have inherited the tradition of their fathers wedding. The same goes for the Malays. Clear difference between the Malays and the other races are in terms of dowry and dowry.

Dowry dowry is determined by the state Islamic departments and the numbers called during the ceremony. It is mandatory from the groom to the bride. The man is free to put the amount of the dowry. However, after the ceremony that the money belongs to the absolute wife and the wife are free to use the money according to his will.

Deliveries also is a gift of money from the man to the woman. It is duty of the man to pay for it separately. The actual amount of dowry at the discretion of both the groom and the bride during the men sent a delegation inquire or proposed. The aim of dowry is given to the woman is to ease the burden of the bride to spend weddings.

However, society is often confused with customs duties. This caused confusion in the case of divorce is increasing. Parents in this era moiden mostly prefer dowry against dowry. Even the dowry is now placed on a par with the bride's academic status. The higher the level of education they are getting more expensive dowry by the bride so placed that amount beyond the capabilities of the groom. Due to the constraints and obstacles of the female side of the family, the groom is willing to make loans.

Basically marriage is a very sacred and easy. But now the marriage becomes a burden to the prospective bride especially the groom. If there is no money in the hands of RM10 000 minimum it is difficult for young couples wishing to implement their intent to marry. Many divorce cases occur in Malaysia because they stuck with the debts around the waist. Because of this, too much debt that they become depressed and decided easily.

Marriage is only occurs once in a lifetime, but it must be remembered in our own and meet the satisfaction of all parties, we should act wisely and think in the long run. So renunng-ponder whether to get married life after a happy and harmonious or want to live in debts.