Diana Moggie and Raja Nazeem Iskandar took on Sarawak, Bali and Kuala Lumpur with 3 fairytale weddings celebrating their colourful heritage of native Iban and Malay nobility.
“I’m a ‘less is more’ kind of person. I knew what I wanted from the very start. It would be traditional, subtle, elegant and timeless,” described Diana Moggie of the wedding she envisioned. The dancer and investor of Razak Luxe Décor & Lagenda Weddings tied the knot to her real-life prince, Raja Nazeem Iskandar in a string of weddings from July to August 2018.
Wedding preparations kicked into action after the pair got engaged on November 20, 2017. The first event took place in Kuching, Sarawak at Cove 55, followed by a Bali wedding reception at Amankila, and to end, a Malay celebration at her husband’s family home. So smooth was the teamwork between the bride and her wedding planner Razak Luxe Décor that they now work to plan other people’s weddings. The cherry on top of the cake for Diana, though, were her 6 bridal outfits, which played equally significant roles as her wedding themes. We got the bride to describe what it was like to see her weddings unfold, from the earliest stages to the final moments that still linger till this day.
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What ceremonies did you have in store for guests?
At the first ceremony in Kuching, we took the traditional Iban wedding out of the longhouse to Cove 55. My husband and I were dressed in Iban attire for the Melah Pinang ceremony, direct translation for ‘splitting the betel nut’. At every traditional Iban wedding, 2 betel nuts are split in halves, and depending on the direction the halves land it predicts the gender of your firstborn. In my case, my husband may have twins one day. A boy and a girl! It was very special to showcase my roots to my guests. I don’t think they have attended such a cultural wedding. The Bali reception was an intimate occasion for family and close friends. The two receptions that took place at my husband’s family home were traditional Malay open house-style wedding. During the day, guests flowed in and out and was an introduction to distant relatives and friends. The evening was a formal sit-down do.