- Title: Over 100 fatherless brides marry in mass wedding ceremony in India
- Date: 5th December 2021
- Summary: ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF MUSLIM GROOMS SEATED PEOPLE AT VENUE GUESTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) ORGANISER, MAHESH SAVANI, SAYING: "We are getting the fatherless girls married… 65 girls in the morning and 70 girls in the evening will get married. Three Muslim girls, one Christian, and one Punjabi girl will also get married today." VARIOUS OF BR
- Embargoed: 19th December 2021 05:50
- Keywords: Gujarat Hindu India Muslims Surat fatherless girls mass wedding society
- Location: SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA
- City: SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA002F6RFA6N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: As many as 135 fatherless brides tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony on Saturday (December 04) in western Surat city.
Brides dressed in crimson attire, donning jewellery sat with their grooms, and performed wedding rituals according to different traditions.
"I did not expect my wedding to be this nice…" said Gulbasan, a Bride.
Mass weddings are very popular, especially among the economically backward sections of Indian society, as these reduce the worries of financial implications among the parents or guardians of the brides.
Conventionally, the family of a bride in India is expected to bear the expenses of a lavish wedding and also give 'dowry' to the groom deemed as gifts to the bride which could be in cash or kind. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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