A religious ceremony must be performed before the civil ceremony.
Therefore, those who have already been legally married in their own country but
wish to exchange their vows or even renew their vows may take this type of
service. It is important to know that Indonesia will marry any couple who hold
one of the 5 religions recognised by this country (Protestant, Catholic,
Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist) and actually prefer that the couple are of the same
religious belief, the religious ceremony is performed by a representative of
the couple’s own religious belief i.e. Protestant couple may not have a Hindu
ceremony but it is possible to have a Symbolic Balinese Blessing.
There are 5 kinds Religious Ceremony :
a. Balinese Wedding Ceremony
Many couple who are already legally married but want to have
experience how marriage by Balinese tradition, could you please to try Balinese
Blessing Ceremony .It’s important to know that this is not legal wedding
ceremony and no certification will be presented at the end of this ceremony. In
this ceremony the celebrant should pray for good things such as: safety,
health, bright future and happiness for the couple.
That’s not possible for any people who are not genuinely of the
Balinese Hindu faith to be married in the Balinese Hindu style and the
couple must be dressed in Balinese Costume.
b. Buddhist Wedding Ceremony
Buddhist Weddings are conducted by a Buddhist Celebrant and the
ceremony just be performed at the Buddhist temple called Vihara. We can’t do
this ceremony at villa or hotel but Ananda Yoga Organizer will able to assist you to hold the wedding in
this way and we will take you to the closest Vihara in Bali. This ceremony
could be followed by civil register from Indonesian Government if you wish to legally
marry here and the Civil Minister will come to Vihara.
c. Catholic Wedding Ceremony
Catholic wedding is a religious wedding conducted by a Catholic
Priest called ‘ROMO’. A Catholic wedding requires much paper work and both
partners must be of single status. The Catholic Church will not allow divorced
persons to marry again unless the former spouse is not Catholic. This ceremony
will be legal by the religion only, and the Priest will be come to your
venue where you will do the ceremony. The couple can have the civil ceremony to
legalise the wedding by Civil Minister from our Government on the same day and
at the same time after the religious ceremony with an extra fee and you will
get 2 (two) certificates of Marriage after the ceremony.
d. Christian Wedding Ceremony
This ceremony is a religious wedding be conducted by the Christian
Celebrant called ‘PASTOR’. The couple will receive a certificate of Marriage
from the Chrisitian Church in Bali and the couple can continue to have the
Civil Ceremony to legalise the wedding at the same time and at the same venue
if you want, then you will get one more certificate of marriage from Indonesian
Civil Minister and these certificates are will be legal in your own country
too.
e. Muslim Wedding Ceremony
This ceremony is one of the Legal religious weddings, will be
conducted by a Muslim Minister called ‘Penghulu’. After the ceremony the couple
will receive the marriage certificate from the celebrants called ‘Buku Nikah’
that is issued by Muslim Courts called ‘KUA’ (Kantor Urusan Agama) which is
already legalised by the government and this certificate will be legal in
Indonesia and also in other countries after being translated to the couple’s
language at their representative Consulate within Indonesia.
