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No joke: Indonesian woman agrees to let fiance marry ex-gf after she turns up at their wedding ceremony
AsiaOne ^ | JULY 29, 2021 | Candice Cai

Posted on 07/31/2021 11:36:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Sharing is caring, or is it?

One woman in Indonesia gave her blessing for her soon-to-be wedded husband to marry another woman, after the latter turned up unannounced at their wedding ceremony on July 20.

Believing what happened to be "destiny", the wife, 20-year-old Nur Khusnul Kotimah said the events unfolded after Yuanita Ruri, 21, went to look for her fiance, Korik Akbar, asking for him to marry her as well.

Yuanita is the ex-girlfriend of Korik, 20, and they had known each other since 2016, Harian Metro reported.

She had found out about the upcoming wedding through social media, as friends began to mistakenly congratulate her instead.

"Because of that, she asked to be his wife as well," said Khusnul, who added that she relented after Yuanita turned up uninvited at the couple's merariq ceremony.

Merariq is a traditional "bride-napping" custom for the people of Lombok where the woman is spirited away by her husband before the wedding.

The kidnapping is part of an elaborate courtship ritual requiring consent from both sets of parents, but the tradition is often abused to justify early marriages, Reuters reported.

Khusnul described how a few minutes after arriving at Korik's house, Yuanita showed up and asked to be married as well.

When questioned by the media, Korik expressed surprise at the turn of events and said he decided to marry the two of them after discussing the situation with his family.

"The dowry for both is also the same, which is 1.75 million rupiah (about $164)," he said.

However, he shared that the decision to marry both women comes with a fair bit of worry as he's currently unemployed and he now has two wives to support.


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1 posted on 07/31/2021 11:36:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Soon to be on redtube...not that I know anything about such stuff.


2 posted on 07/31/2021 11:42:01 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: nickcarraway

The hot one on the right has a mask tan.


3 posted on 07/31/2021 11:43:40 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Poor groom doesn't look too happy. Wonder what he's thinking right now.

The woman on his left doesn't look too happy either.

4 posted on 07/31/2021 11:43:42 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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I wonder if the brides father is happy? He walked right over to the second bride’s father and handed him half the bill?


5 posted on 07/31/2021 11:48:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jess Kitting

“If anyone objects to the marriage, or possibly wants to get in on it, speak now or forever hold your peace.”


6 posted on 07/31/2021 11:50:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jess Kitting
He probably isn't happy. He's unemployed, and now he has three mouths to feed. And he didn't propose to one of these women, there was probably reason for it?

How did both if these women happen to have matching dresses? What are the chances they were in on it? They also coincidentally have the same dowry.

7 posted on 07/31/2021 11:55:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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8 posted on 08/01/2021 12:03:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: nickcarraway

The Dowery is the same for both women


9 posted on 08/01/2021 1:30:22 AM PDT by HollyB
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Note that these are all Indonesian muslims.

Islam in Indonesia, until recently was very syncretic. 9noy under Saudi influence and money is it getting more Wahhabis


10 posted on 08/01/2021 2:16:14 AM PDT by Cronos ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Hunter Biden in disguise?


11 posted on 08/01/2021 2:17:34 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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The island’s indigenous Sasak people are predominantly Muslim however before the arrival of Islam Lombok experienced a long period of Hindu and Buddhist influence that reached the island through Java. A minority Balinese Hindu culture remains in Lombok


12 posted on 08/01/2021 2:17:35 AM PDT by Cronos ( )
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To: HollyB

Though in Indonesia the dowry is the money the groom pays the brides parents I believe


13 posted on 08/01/2021 2:18:46 AM PDT by Cronos ( )
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Nah- he specifically told his cousin “NO YELLOW”.

https://patriotjournal.org/hunter-biden-no-yellow/


14 posted on 08/01/2021 3:55:06 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: nickcarraway

That was good. :)


15 posted on 08/01/2021 4:02:04 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: Libloather

They look interchangeable.


16 posted on 08/01/2021 4:17:10 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Republican politicans love being in office, Democrat politicians love being in power.)
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To: nickcarraway

The look on his face is priceless....that certain “sinking feeling”...and man...when the two brides “synchronize” their hormone schedules, double trouble!


17 posted on 08/01/2021 4:22:10 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Having the Conch shell is no longer recognized by Dem "Flies" as giving one authority to speak.)
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And two Mother in Laws.


18 posted on 08/01/2021 4:28:08 AM PDT by McGruff (PRES. BIDEN: You're not gonna get COVID if you have these vaccinations.)
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19 posted on 08/01/2021 4:39:35 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: Jess Kitting

[Poor groom doesn’t look too happy. Wonder what he’s thinking right now.

The woman on his left doesn’t look too happy either.]

(from the article) “...he’s currently unemployed and he now has two wives to support.”


20 posted on 08/01/2021 4:52:32 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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