Mass weddings are preferred by several families due to economic reasons as the entire cost of the celebration is shared by multiple households.
A unified marriage ceremony is a great way-out for poor families. The trend of collective nuptial is growing in countries like Yemen and quite widespread in countries like India, Japan, Jordan, China, Iran, Palestine, South Korea and Afghanistan.
Check out some stunning photos of mass marriages.
Brides-to-be stand side by side before taking vows during a mass wedding ceremony in Karachi January 29, 2012. A total of 50 couples from the rural coastal area of Karachi took wedding vows during a mass ceremony, funded by non-government organizations. ReutersA newly-wed couple kiss during their mass wedding at San Jose town, Palawan province, western Philippines, February 14, 2010. At least 300 couples attended the mass wedding on Valentine's Day. ReutersMuslim brides wait for their wedding ceremonies to start during a mass marriage ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 8, 2009. A total of 81 Muslim couples from the city took wedding vows on Sunday during the mass marriage ceremony organised by a Muslim voluntary organisation, organisers said. ReutersHindu brides sit during a mass wedding ceremony in Noida December 26, 2009. A total of 101 couples from the city took wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony organised by a Hindu voluntary organisation, organisers said.ReutersA Palestinian bride poses for a picture with her groom during a group wedding ceremony in Sidon, southern Lebanon, July 18, 2010. Fifty Palestinian couples participated in the group wedding ceremony organized by the Hamas movement in Lebanon. ReutersPalestinian girls sit in front of brides during a mass wedding, for 240 couples organized by the Hamas movement, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 5, 2010. ReutersNewlyweds wait to have their group photo taken after an air force mass wedding ceremony in Taipei October 6, 2010. Sixty couples participated in the air force mass wedding on Wednesday, which generally occurs once a year if enough couples signed up. Couples received blue-ray DVD players, pearl necklaces and tea sets as wedding gifts from the military. ReutersZheng Ya-yuan (L), 32, and Chang Hong-chang, 31, who have been dating for six years, kiss during a mass wedding ceremony at the Taipei Flora Expo Hall September 9, 2010. A mass wedding ceremony was held for 163 couples on Thursday on the ninth day of the ninth month in the 99th year since the beginning of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The date which makes out to 9.9.99 is an auspicious number as the number ?9? (pronounced jiu in Chinese) is a homophone that means lasting.ReutersBridegrooms attend a mass wedding ceremony in Sanaa October 21, 2010. Some 3,200 brides and grooms were married in the wedding financed by Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz. ReutersNewlyweds celebrate during a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Sun Moon University in Asan, south of Seoul October 10, 2010. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. ReutersConfetti is thrown at couples during a group wedding ceremony as part of the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province January 6, 2012. The wedding was organised by the city government, and 18 couples from Nigeria, Russia and China participated in the ceremony, local media reported.ReutersGrooms who are members of the Republican Guards Forces pose for a picture during a mass wedding for members of the force in Sanaa January 1, 2012. ReutersCouples attend their mass wedding in Lima December 27, 2011. Some 92 couples tied the knot in the mass wedding ceremony which was headed by Mayor of Lima Susana Villaran and held to coincide with the year-end holidays. ReutersGrooms gesture during their mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. A total of 101 couples from across India exchanged wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by a voluntary organisation, organisers said. ReutersBrides and grooms pose during a mass wedding ceremony in Amman July 15, 2011. A Jordanian Islamic charity organized a mass wedding for 72 couples unable to afford expensive ceremonies.ReutersBejeweled brides attend a mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. A total of 101 couples from across India exchanged wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by a voluntary organisation, organisers said. ReutersA child is seen during a mass police wedding ceremony in Bogota December 9, 2011. Ninety-six police officers tied the knot with their partners on Friday during a mass wedding that traditionally takes place every year on December 9 in Bogota. ReutersCouples pose for a group photograph during a mass wedding ceremony in Shifang, Sichuan province September 22, 2010. The ceremony was held for some 99 couples from all over the nation, who have carried out relief work or donation after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, according to local media. Reuters
