- Title: ALGERIA: Tuareg couples tie the knot in mass wedding ceremony in Algeria
- Date: 19th December 2013
- Summary: TAMANRASSET, ALGERIA (DECEMBER 14, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WOMAN PREPARING GROUND FOR SETTING UP OF A TENT WOMAN ADJUSTING CLOTH ON A TENT WOMAN POURING TEA TEA IN GLASS WOMAN'S FACE WOMAN POURING TEA WHILE ANOTHER SPEAKS ON A MOBILE PHONE MEN PERFORMING TRADITIONAL DANCE CAMELS GROOMS BEING PREPARED FOR CEREMONY MAN PREPARING THE HEADWEAR OF A GROOM THREE GROOMS BEING PREPARED FOR CEREMONY THREE GROOMS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GROOM, 30-YEARS-OLD, FAICAL MOHAMED SALEH, SAYING: "There are some things that you can't afford to do by yourself, so you call the association to help you and provide things you can't afford, because as you know the cost of living is very high, everything is expensive. That is why we called the association and they welcomed us, Thank God." MAN ADJUSTING THE HEADWEAR OF A GROOM TUAREG MEN HELPING THE GROOMS PREPARE CLOSE OF HEADWEAR BEING FITTED ON A GROOM (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) KAWLA ABDERRAHMANE, FAICAL MOHAMED SALEH'S COUSIN, SAYING: "I am preparing the groom's scarf to help him wear his headscarf for the wedding night." CEREMONY UNDERWAY WITH TUAREGS SEATED TOGETHER GROOMS SEATED MEN DRESSED IN WHITE HOLD CLOTH OVER A GROOM VARIOUS OF MAN TYING HEADWEAR FOR A GROOM / OTHERS SING DURING PROCESS MORE OF CEREMONY VARIOUS OF WOMEN FROM THE HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION "IHCENE" ULULATING AND LEADING ALONG THE BRIDES WOMEN PAINTING THE HANDS OF THE BRIDES WITH HENNA HAND BEING PAINTED WITH HENNA BRIDES COVERED WITH VEILS AS OTHERS SING AND PLAY DRUMS BRIDES COVERED WITH WHITE VEILS WOMAN HITTING DRUM AS SHE SINGS MORE OF WOMEN PLAYING MUSIC WOMAN CLAPPING AS ANOTHER DANCES WOMEN DANCING WOMAN SINGING AS ANOTHER ULULATES MORE OF SINGING AND DANCING MEN DANCING ALONG TO MUSIC (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IHCENE REPRESENTATIVE IN TAMANRASSET, BIRADY ABDELLAH, SAYING: "The aim of this initiative is a humanitarian aim, initiated by Ihcene national association to help the youth of Tamanrasset city, the ones who are in need, and the orphans." WOMEN ULULATING AND SINGING VARIOUS OF CELEBRATIONS, DANCING AND SINGING TO TRADITIONAL SONGS
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- Location: Algeria
- Country: Algeria
- Topics: Quirky,Religion
- Reuters ID: LVA4ZDNUH1GN1SPE7TQ0GAPZC2S4
- Story Text: More than a dozen Tuareg couples tie the knot at a mass wedding ceremony in Algeria's Tamanrasset.
Tuareg grooms prepared in their traditional finery for a mass wedding ceremony in Algeria's Tamanrasset, curbing lavish expenditure for a day of joint celebrations.
The event was organised by Algeria's humanitarian association Ihcene to help people who were unable to afford expensive ceremonies.
Dressed in traditional robes with scarves wrapped around their heads, the grooms were prepared by family and friends before the ceremony got underway.
Among the grooms was 30-year-old Faical Mohamed Saleh, who said he was delighted that Ihcene had decided to help the couples.
"There are some things that you can't afford to do by yourself, so you call the association to help you and provide things you can't afford, because as you know the cost of living is very high, everything is expensive. That is why we called the association and they welcomed us, Thank God."
The 22 couples who tied the knot included orphans who did not have family to rely on, said Ihcene association representative in Tamanrasset, Birady Abdellah.
"The aim of this initiative is a humanitarian aim, initiated by Ihcene national association to help the youth of Tamanrasset city, the ones who are in need, and the orphans," Abdellah told Reuters TV.
Brides covered with veils were brought into the ceremony by women working for the association as others ululated in celebration and sang traditional songs.
The collective ceremony was held in a Tamanrasset campsite called Adriane. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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