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Islamic wedding ceremony in Batavia

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Islamic wedding ceremony in Batavia

Anoniem / Anonymous / Schouten, Wouter

Scene in tent, wedding ceremony at Batavia. The print is from Wouter Schouten's Oost-Indische Voyagie (1676). In the accompanying passage in the book, he describes the elaborate ceremonies the marriage of what he describes as "a rich Moor" (i.e. a Muslim of Arab or Indian descent). Pictured is the moment when the bride, carried by her father on her back, is presented to the groom, who stands behind the cloth, flanked by two groomsmen.

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Sources and literature

Schouten, Wouter, Oost-Indische Voyagie: Vervattende voorname voorvallen en bloedige zee- en landtgevechten tegen de Portugeezen en Makassaren 1658-1665 (1676)