Perubahan Sosial Dalam Resepsi Pernikahan Masyarakat Melayu Pesisir Keturunan Bangsawan di Kabupaten Lingga Provinsi Kepulauan Riau

This research aims to examine the change of Malay coast wedding procession of noblese and common society in Singkep Pesisir, Lingga regency, Riau island province. This study used descriptive qualitative method. Data collected methods used are interviews, observation and documentation. The research informants consisted of eleven people, namely four traditional figures, three noble descendants, two ordinary people who had carried out traditional Malay wedding receptions and representatives of two unmarried people. The analytical method used in this study was data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of this study found that when conducting a wedding reception in Singkep District, the higher social status recognized in the community such as occupation, education and descent. Then the wedding reception will be carried out in accordance that has been determined derivatives such as the used of the level of pelamin and clothing  whichused. But when the noble descendants carried out wedding receptions unlike the noble descendants of Tengku, Raja and Encik due to spending large sums of money, the descendants carried out wedding receptions using modern traditions and shortened but there were Malay people which not noble descendants carried out receptions such as noble descent when people being or a rich person, the wedding reception of a noble descent may be carried out by people not of noble descent.