CULTURE AND TRADITIONS: A ISLAMIC WEDDING CULTURE IN SPECIFIC REGION

Marriage is a very special worship in Islam. Special because it is recommended and sunnah by Rasulullah SAW for those who have been able to according to syar'i. In Javanese tradition, the meaning of marriage is to hold various ceremonies. The ceremony starts from the introduction stage until the ceremonial procession of marriage occurs, each of which has very deep wisdom meanings. This Javanese wedding customs is one of the traditions originating from the Kraton. Therefore, based on some of the reviews above, what is interesting for the writer to study is about "The Philosophical Meaning of the Traditional Javanese Marriage Ceremony of the Surakarta and Yogyakarta Kratons .

The purpose of this research is to know the procession of the traditional marriage ceremony of the Kraton Surakarta and Yogyakarta and to know the philosophical meaning contained therein and to know the differences and similarities between the two marriage ceremonies.