Reference News Network, December 2** According to AFP December 25**, 50 couples today held a group wedding in the Afghan capital - now, more and more people are doing so to reduce the huge cost of holding a traditional wedding in this poor country.
The couples gathered in one of dozens of glitzy wedding halls in Kabul, but the wedding itself was somewhat austere, the report said.
Since the Taliban made a comeback in August 2021, weddings have become very low-key, and dancing and ** have effectively been banned.
In front of the City Star wedding hall near the airport, about 100 men in turbans and traditional costumes chatted in groups — not a single woman present.
They used green ribbons and red plastic roses to form a heart shape and decorate the wedding car.
Ruhura Rezaei, 18, will leave with his wife in a few hours. He told AFP that he could not afford a separate wedding. "A traditional wedding costs us at least 200,000 to 250,000 afghani ($1 is about 70 afghani), but a group wedding costs about 10,000 to 1," he said50,000 Afghani. ”
The young man, a member of the Hazara Shia minority, hails from Ghor province and earns 350 afghani a day from odd jobs. He wore a waistcoat over his white robe, and a plastic flower pinned to his breast pocket.
According to the report, Serab**, who organized the event, would donate the equivalent of $1,600 to each couple — a huge sum for one of the poorest countries in the world. They leave with a cake, a set of toothpaste, shampoo and moisturizer, as well as a rug, blanket and some household appliances to start their married life. (Compiled by Xu Yanhong).