Kenduri at Rantau

Last Sunday afternoon, 26th August 2007, we attended a kenduri at Rantau. It was held as a 'aqiqah' and 'tahlil arwah' by Wan Acik and family. By the way, Wan Acik is Wan Rantau's elder sister.

In the menu for the afternoon, they prepared nasi minyak and plain white rice to go with kari kambing, dalca, fried chicken, kacang & udang masak lemak to name a few. Yummy-yummy...but not for me yet.

The weather was nice with blue sky; unlike the weekend we had to endure with the heavy downpour at Rembau for the wedding invite. It was a simple ceremony headed by Tn Imam Hj A Rahman Deli, the Imam of the local qariah mosque.

After the tahlil and doa selamat, guests were ushered to the tent erected outside for the afternoon feast. The men ate first followed by the womenfolks...I wonder what happened to 'ladies first' thingy.

Here are shots by Pa from the event.

Wan Acik's house is next to a fish pond...what a nice location


The Tn Imam (in blue) with Atuk (in white)...the Tok Janggut is another kampung folk


The doa recital before 'makan'


Among the guests enjoying the noon feast


I do get my porridge, too...thats my cousin Abang Izham


Back in the house, I had my second helping of the porridge


When all is over...its cleaning time and I am ready to give Wan a helping hand


Asking Ma if its okay to help Wan


A pat on the head from Ma for being a helpful daughter

By 4.00pm Pa had to excuse himself to go back to Rembau to pick Wan Rembau to visit a relative who was hospitalised with kidney problem...both kidneys! Hope all is well.

I went back with Ma and Wan later in the evening.