The sumptuous wedding celebration of the son of the Sultan of Brunei ended after ten days

From January 7 to 16, the Sultanate of Brunei celebrated the wedding of the popular Prince Abdul Mateen and young Bruneian woman Anisha Rosah in style.

Wedding of Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei, The Instagram star for the photos of her glamorous life, which have been seen by around 2.5 million followers, and her compatriot Anisha Rosah ended on Tuesday this week with an elaborate Muslim ritual.

In his speech on Thursday, the monarch assured that the royal family was “touched” by the joy shown by the population and the presence of foreign guests at their son’s wedding, including members of the royal family of Jordan, Saudi Arabia or Bhutan. as leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Among the rites performed between January 7 and 16, the family blessing of the couple on Wednesday and the official wedding on Thursday of the previous week according to the Muslim rite, which was attended by the prince (32 years old), but not the bride (29 years old), which, according to tradition, was represented by a male relative.

But the peak of the celebration was on Sunday with a procession of the couple in a Rolls-Royce in front of thousands of people in the streets and a reception in the royal palace of the sultanate, whose population is 445,000, which included foreign guests.

The ceremony included the recitation of religious texts and ablutions for those present, including Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and other royals, at the imposing Istana Nurul Iman palace of the small, wealthy sultanate that has huge oil and gas deposits.

Shots were also fired during the ritual. 21 cannon platoon commemorating the unification of the princes, according to the newspaper ‘Borneo Bulletin’.

The attractive couple offers a touch of modernity in the traditional atmosphere of the Sultanate, which can be seen in the photos shared by Prince Mateen on Instagram.

So the young man appears in photos in elegant suits with the Eiffel Tower in the background, plays polo, flies in a fighter plane and even shows off his abs.

The wedding ceremonies of Prince Mateen, the tenth of the Sultan’s 12 sons and daughters and the fourth among men, and Anisha Rosnah began on January 7.

Commitment announced last October

The couple announced their engagement last October, sparking interest in the bride, who is the granddaughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah’s special adviser, Pehin Dato Isa, and studied at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, reports Squire magazine.

It was also learned that the pretty princess, who does not belong to the nobility, started several businesses, a fashion business under the Silk Collective brand and a travel agency.

Prince Mateen is the fourth child of the sultan’s second wife, Hajah Mariam, from whom he divorced in 2003, who graduated with a degree in international politics from King’s College London and then completed a master’s degree in international studies and diplomacy at the University of London.

During his military training he graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then learned to fly helicopters with the Royal Air Force at Cranwell in the United Kingdom.

Although Mateen is not the heir to the thronehe often accompanies his father to high-level events as an advisor, including Japan’s summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, of which Brunei is a member) last December in Tokyo, or ASEAN itself in Jakarta in September, as evidenced by their Instagram photos.

Twice-married and twice-divorced Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has led the conservative Islamic nation under an absolute monarchy since 1967, and was appointed prime minister in 1984 after its independence from the United Kingdom.

This tiny sultanate, which boasts one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world thanks to oil and gas, is located on the island of Borneo, which it shares with its neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia.

Contrary to the modern image of the young man, Brunei – home to large oil and gas reserves – is an ultra-conservative country that considers the death penalty for homosexual relations between men, among other punishments based on Sharia or Islamic law, although it applies a de facto moratorium on the death penalty. (AND)