Marriage Ceremony In Indonesian. The couple are required to stand facing each other in front of the entrance of the house. Marriage in indonesia requires a religious ceremony.

While previous regulations defined mixed marriage as marriage between people in indonesia subject to different laws, under the marriage law, a mixed marriage is defined as marriage between two people in indonesia subject to different laws as result of difference in citizenship and one of the parties is an indonesian citizen. A betel nut set near the couple is a reminder that their different customs should not spoil their harmonious marriage. This is the egg breaking ceremony.

An indonesian marriage has three components:

The religious marriage under islam is performed by the office of religious affairs (kantor urusan agama) in a ceremony at a mosque, the home, a restaurant, or any other place chosen by the couple and is legal immediately after the ceremony. This is the egg breaking ceremony. A christian, hindu or buddhist marriage is usually performed first in a church or temple ceremony. With 202.9 million muslim s (93.2% of the total population as of 2009), indonesia has the largest muslim population.