JOHOR BARU: Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and his consort Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah attended the Siram Tabal (royal bath) ceremony held at Istana Besar at 3pm today.
The ceremony is a symbolic event carried out before the coronation ceremony to be held at Bukit Bintang compound at Istana Besar on Monday.
Basically, the ceremony is held to ward off bad luck and misfortunes from the Sultan and his family and ensure everything will be smooth during his reign.
The royal couple both sat on a blue dais placed on top of a seven-step staircase called Panca Persada.
The water used for the royal bath is taken from ten rivers in Johor to symbolise the ten districts in the state.
Sultan Ibrahim's eldest sister Tunku Kamariah performed the royal bath ceremony.
Also present to witness the ceremony were the Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Idris, his wife Che Puan Khaleeda Bustamam, Tunku Puteri Tun Aminah, Tunku Temenggong Johor Tengku Idris Iskandar, Tunku Panglima Johor Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tunku Putera Johor Tunku Abu Bakar.