The four-day wedding of Sultan Hamengkubuwono X'€™s fourth daughter, Gusti Raden Ajeng Nur Abra Juwita, more commonly known as Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hayu, 29, of Yogyakarta Palace and Angger Pribadi Wibowo, who given his impending marriage to Hayu, has been accorded the name Notonegoro, 39, will be streamed live on the Internet so the event can be accessed by people around the world.

'€œThe wedding procession will be held from Oct. 20 to 23. We will offer live streaming of the event,'€ said Yogyakarta royal wedding committee spokesman Deny Reksa, during a press conference on Friday.

'€œI believe the wedding will not only draw the attention of Yogyakartans and Indonesians, but also people around the world,'€ he added.

He said the committee was preparing the details of the plan and said the wedding would be streamed live on kratonwedding.com.

'€œYou can log on to the website if you want all the information on the royal wedding, including information on the couple and how they met,'€ said Deny.

On the first day of the wedding, the groom will do a ritual called nyantri at the palace where he will learn everything about palace culture and tradition as well as Islamic teachings, while the bride will undergo the tantingan.

In tantingan, the sultan will ask his daughter whether she is ready to tie the knot.

Day two includes siraman (bathing) in the morning, followed by the midodareni prenuptial ritual in the evening. Journalists are not allowed to cover the siraman to maintain the sacredness of the ritual.

'€œWe apologize for this. Only family members and relatives can attend. We will provide photos and a video for journalists that can be accessed in the media center,'€ Deny said.

The ijab qabul (Islamic wedding ceremony) will be held on the third day at Panepen mosque in the palace area. After the ijab qabul, the married couple will take a parade on a horse-drawn royal coach, heading to the Kepatihan, or the gubernatorial office complex, where the wedding reception will take place.

On the final day of the wedding, the couple will perform the pamitan ritual, formally bidding farewell to the sultan and his wife, Sultana Hemas, at the Gedong Jene.

On Friday, the wedding committee held a rehearsal of the wedding parade from the palace to the Kepatihan. The couple is expected to take the Jongwiyat coach, which is hundreds of years old and is undergoing renovation.

Hamengkubuwono has five daughters but no sons '€” a succession crisis for the Yogyakarta sultanate as according to tradition, men are the only ones who can succeed him. Previously in 2011, Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Bendara, the youngest in the family, got married ahead of Hayu.

'€œAm I nervous? Yes. But we have to keep our body fit because the ritual will take days,'€ said Notonegoro, who works as a management specialist in the bureau of management at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York.

The couple said they drank jamu (traditional medicine) to maintain their fitness. '€œI usually drink kunir asem [a blend of turmeric and tamarind]. It'€™s good to maintain my fitness and keep the pimples away,'€ said Hayu.

Notonegoro said they became acquainted with one another while chatting on the Internet around 10 years ago.

They later met while they were heading to the US to study. The couple stayed in touch even though they lived in different cities. '€œWe were officially in a relationship in 2003,'€ Notonegoro added.

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