Palang pintu is a time-honored tradition that exists in Betawi weddings. Usually, the palang pintu is in Betawi weddings when the bride and her entourage come to the village or the bride's house when they propose to the bride. The palang pintu in language consists of two words crossbar and door. A crossbar in Betawi is a barrier so that other people or things cannot pass, while a door is a door. It can be interpreted that palang pintu is a Betawi tradition of opening barriers for other people to enter certain areas where an area has a champion as a barrier or barrier and can be used at weddings or orders.

the Betawi tradition, the term palang pintu is to open other people who will enter a particular area where an area has (jawara/barrier). This tradition is usually held at weddings or orders. Generally, the palang pintu procession in marriage is carried out by fighting martial arts between the groom's parties to be accepted as a family by the bride's party. In essence, the palang pintu prevents the groom's side from paying attention to the customary norms that apply to the bride's family.

In addition, the groom must also be able to master religious knowledge or study the Koran. The bride's gatekeepers then opened a conversation with some rhymes, to which the groom's representative had to reply. The rhymes dialogue is sung to invite the audience. The contents of the verses are usually questions and answers about the intentions and goals of the men, and this event is held before the marriage contract begins. When the groom's entourage arrives in front of the bride's residence, the bride's family will confront the group. The heroes of the groom must fight against the champions of the bride. In addition, a representative of the bride-to-be challenges the man to a silat fight as a symbol of the groom's struggle to marry his idol. The unique thing is that in each silat fight, the bride's party must be defeated by the groom's champion. In addition to fighting rhymes and silat, the groom-to-be is also challenged by his shrewdness in reading the holy book of the Qur'an. After all the tests have passed, the new palang pintu is opened and entered by the prospective groom. If the groom does not meet these requirements, he is welcome to return home and can return when he is ready.