As with many cultures, the couple's future children are prominently displayed.
In Malaysia, a groom might send his future bride child-bearing presents, such as trays of food with origami flowers and cranes made from currency bills.
The ceremony itself incorporates Hindu traditions in that the bride and groom sit in state while dressed in brocades and feed each other yellow rice with hands painted with henna.
At the ceremony, each guest might receive an artistically decorated hard-boiled egg to symbolize fertility.