- Title: At least 108 Indian couples tie knot at mass wedding ceremony
- Date: 8th May 2022
- Summary: SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (MAY 08, 2022) (ANI - No use India) DECORATED MASS WEDDING VENUE WITH PEOPLE GATHERED GREEN COCONUT, BANANAS, AND OIL LAMPS KEPT FOR MARRIAGE RITUALS VARIOUS OF PERCUSSIONISTS PLAYING DRUMS PEOPLE DANCING IN A CIRCLE VARIOUS OF WEDDING RITUALS IN PROGRESS COUPLES SEATED DURING WEDDING RITUALS VARIOUS OF WEDDING RITUALS IN PROGRESS FIRE, AUSPICI
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- Keywords: India Siliguri West Bengal bride ceremony groom husband marriage mass marriage mass wedding. couples poverty ritual traditions wife
- Location: SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
- City: SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
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- Story Text: At least 108 underprivileged couples in India's eastern West Bengal state exchanged wedding vows and tied nuptials in a mass wedding ceremony on Sunday (May 08).
The ceremony, which is an annual event, was organised after two years of the pandemic, in the hilly district of Siliguri by Banbasi Kallyan Asram, an organisation aimed at social welfare.
The event was attended by friends and relatives of the couples who danced to the beat of the drums.
These underprivileged couples cannot afford regular weddings which require them to feed the entire village. This results in them living together and raising children without getting married said a member of the organising committee. The mass wedding offers a means of having a wedding without the heavy financial bearings.
Conventionally, the family of the 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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