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- Government Supports Mass Marriages
Tens
of thousands of young couples start their married lives by taking part in group
weddings in cities across
By IWPR contributor - Iran - 17 Sep 10 2010
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Mass weddings
appeared in
One reason for
this trend was the sheer expense of holding a wedding, so joint events
subsidised by the authorities were conceived as a way of softening the
financial blow.
Mass weddings are
generally held to coincide with important dates on the Islamic calendar, and
commonly involve hundreds of people.
The costs are
covered by various government institutions. One of the main funders is the
office of the Supreme Leader’s representative for universities, which has a
presence at all places of higher education, and which keeps a register of all
students planning to marry.
Davud Ranjbaran, deputy to the Supreme Leader’s representative, says more than 47,000 students registered for group weddings in the last Iranian year.
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