sustenance or meeting. While the great time is considered a good step when seulangkee comes into the bride’s house and at the same time bride just finished
bathing, eating or anything else at that time is great time. But if seulangkee coming to the bride’s house when the bride cooking, sitting at the front door of house, sleeping,
cobing hair or anything else that steps are less fortune. If seulangkee found the bride still in that job is considered taboo or not good, seulangkee preferred to not continue
his duties on that day. He try to come to the bride’s house on another day. When seulangkee come to the bride’s house usually brought betel in cerana in Aceh
language it called ranub bate and some of meals. When the seulangkee does propose he should be talk politely, while chewing
betel, he ask about the girl to her parent that is she already owned by someone else or yet. If her parent say that their daughter not owned by someone else, then seulangkee
will convey the purpose of his arrival to the girl’s parent, that he commanded by the young man’s parent to propose their daughter. If the girl’s parent agreed with that
propose of seulangkee, they will discuss about the proposed with another family, but if they not agreed with that propose, they will refused that propose smoothly and say
that their daughter was owned by someone else. And if they agreed with that propose, they will make meeting next time for discussing about the next activities.
7.3. Ranub Peukong Haba building mutual agreement
After finished ritual of jak meulakee propose, so it’s that time to the next ritual is Ba ranub peukong haba bring the betel of propose. Ranub peukong haba is
an intended as a propose formally.
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During ceremony, the family from the girl’s side told and invited the older person in the village, there are Geuchik headman and Teungku sagoe lord master
with their wife to come to the girl’s house at the day and time which has been set by both girl and the young man’s side. And of the girl’s side also invited all of their
family and neighbors to come to the girl’s house, it is purpose to wait group which accompanied of the young man’s envoy and also listening the discussion of both side.
In that time the girl’s side serve dishes of food and drink for the guest. The habit of this ritual is does at date 6-14 according hijriah year, when the
sun raise uprising about 08.00am-12.00am. According to the promised between the both side, so on appointed day the family of the young man are visit the girl’s house
which consist by Geuchik headman, Teungku sagoe lord master, seulangkee and people who decent to included.
This ceremony took place on stoop. From the young man side, represented by their Geuchik headman, conveying the purpose of their arrival to the girl’s house is
to propose the girl at that home. From the girl’s side is also represented by their Geuchik headman conveying
that they agreed with propose. The young man’s side give the girl’s side some of dalong big plate there are
materials of custom clothing, cosmetics and accompanied with chicken eggs with different colour and some flowers.
Such as a prime sign of propose, the young man’s side give some jewelry which will wears by the bride during of the propose time.
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In Jeuram custom, the number of jewelry it’s determined by the girl’s parent. Usually the girl in the city Jeuram asks the young man’s side to pay the jewelry as
much as the girl’s parent determined. It will be amount 30-50 mayam. Sometimes it will more than that.
When the jewelry accepted by the bride’s side, it usually they will declared a certain agreement. Generally the certain agreement will be the grant or guarantee for
engagement. That’s agreement is, if when the engagement was canceled by the girl’s side, so they will should be return the jewelry in a double, but if engagement canceled
by the young man’s side, so the jewelry belonged to the girl who was proposed. In this ceremony the both side discussing about:
- Jeuname dowry
- Select a good time to presented Gatib marriage and meumpleue
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And another things which necessary for the ceremony of marriage. And at this ceremony it also determined about total of dowry and another
requirements concerning of reusam tradition. After this ceremony, a few days later, family of the girl’s side come to the
young man’s house by bringing of dalong big plate with some foods as replied of engagement.
Since that time, both sides begin to preparing equipment for the ceremony of the marriage in the future.
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7.4. Gatib marriage
