After Sungkem And Siraman Kaesang, Jokowi: Please Pray For Restu For The Next Process

JAKARTA - Before officially getting married to Erina Gudono tomorrow, Kaesang Pangarep underwent a sungkem and siraman procession as one of the processions that must be passed in a series of Javanese traditional weddings. President Jokowi is grateful that the sungkem and siraman procession went smoothly and hopes that the next procession will also run well.

"Alhamdulillah, the procession for sungkeman and procession for siraman has gone well, smoothly, and our family has asked for the blessing of the community so that the next procession is good for mydodareni and then tomorrow the consent, then it will be continued with later the celebration at Mangkunegaran Temple, everything can go well," Jokowi told the media crew after the shower at his residence, Friday, December 9.

Knowing that the marriage of his youngest son will get a lot of public attention, Jokowi also apologized if the implementation of the series of marriages of Kaesang and Erina disturbed the comfort of the community, especially the people of Yogyakarta and the city of Surakarta. "If anyone is disturbed, the comfort is disturbed, our family apologizes profusely, especially to the people of Yogyakarta and the people of Solo," he said.

While undergoing a procession of sungkeman, Jokowi also had time to leave a message to his youngest child. He hopes that Kaesang Pangarep and Erina Gudono can become happy families. "We as parents also hope that Mas Kaesang and Mbak Erina's family in the future can become sakinah, mawaddah, warahmah families," he said.

Meanwhile, Kaesang also expressed his happiness because the sungkeman and siraman procession had been completed. He even cried happily when carrying out the two processes. "Happy. (Earlier) I cried so much," he said.

"Earlier, Mrs. Iriana cried, then Mas Kaesang cried too. Mas Bobby also cried earlier," said Jokowi.

Iriana also gave an important message while praying for her child to always be in happiness. "What is certain is always to be happy, le," he said.

For information, after undergoing the siraman procession of his youngest child, Jokowi will go to the residence of his prospective son-in-law in Sleman to attend the Erina midodadareni procession. Furthermore, Kaesang and Erina will conduct a marriage contract at the Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta on Saturday, December 10, followed by downloading of mantu and tasymasa in Solo on Sunday, December 11.