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If there is to be a wedding in Bugis society, more often than not, ''calabai'' will be involved in its organisation. When a wedding date has been agreed upon, the family will approach a ''calabai'' and negotiate a wedding plan. The ''calabai'' will be responsible for many things: setting up and decorating the tent, arranging the bridal chairs, the bridal gown, costumes for the groom and the entire wedding party (numbering up to twenty-five), makeup for the relevant participants, and all the food. Rarely does a village wedding have less than a thousand guests. On the big day, some ''calabai'' remain in the kitchen preparing food while others form part of the reception, showing guests to their seats. <ref>https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.wikia.org/wiki/Calabai</ref>
Calabai is one of 5 gender terms recognized by the Bugis. The other 4 gender terms are ''[[makkunrai]], oroani, [[calalai]], and [[bissu]].''<ref>https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-learn-from-an-indonesian-ethnicity-that-recognizes-five-genders-60775</ref>
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