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Mass Weddings Throughout the World [PICTURES]

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These aren't production stills from a film adaptation of Mao II - real mass weddings take place all over the globe several times a year, and not just among cults.These days, many choose to participate in mass weddings to share the financial burden of the tying the knot.Or, in the case of October's mass wedding in China, so that more people can take advantage of fleeting symbolic good fortune: 60 couples were married at 10:10 in the morning October 10, 2010 - the tenth day of the ...
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