Friday, September 24, 2010

Weddings from around the world

 

Wedding Around the World

A Sunni Iranian girl rings a bell as groom Yaghoub Tan, 29, and bride Rabe'e Kori, 23, make their way during a traditional wedding ceremony in First Dahneh village near Bandar Torkaman in Golestan province, 400Km (249 Miles) north of Tehran, Iran on October 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

 

Wedding Around the World

Chinese newlyweds pose for photos, wearing rented Western wedding clothing, in front of the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing on May 18, 2010. According to the "2010 Social Blue Paper" released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, there is currently a serious gender imbalance problem among the population under 19 years old in China. The report predicted that the number of marriage age Chinese men will be more than that of Chinese women by 30 to 40 million in 2020, meaning that one in five marriage age men will remain bachelors. UPI/Stephen Shaver.

 

Wedding Around the World

Six brides and six grooms hold on as they begin their trip on The Boss roller coaster, where they will exchange wedding vows, June 30. A minister was on the ride to administer the wedding vows and make the ceremony official. mc/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

 

Wedding Around the World

A Palestinian groom is carried by wedding guests during a traditional wedding celebration at the beach in Rafah, Gaza on June 20, 2008. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza militants took effect early Thursday. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)

 

Wedding Around the World

Patricia and Gabriele Starr of Wahoo, Nebraska kiss after coming down the Wahoo Racer after saying "I Do" along with two other couples at Six Flags in Eureka, Missouri on May 23, 2009. Three couples from Wahoo, Nebraska said their wedding vows at the top of the water ride before enjoying a quick ride down with their vails in hair. The event helped kick off the opening of the new ride in the water park. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

 

Wedding Around the World

A Lebanese Shia Muslim newlywed couple Hussein Daher (right) and his wife Hadia stand before what remains of the building they were suppose to live in together in Beirut is bombed southern suburbs on August 19, 2006. Hezbollah has started a campaign around the country to give money to help Shia Muslim families rebuild their lives. (UPI Photo)

 

Wedding Around the World

Bride Brenda Donat (bottom) and husband Matthew Huling, along with Jeff Vitt and his bride Jennifer Fox (hidden) Rev. Alexandra Potash and a radio personality, ride the Big Kahuna water ride at Six Flags Amusement Park as they say their vows while being married on the ride, in Eureka, Missouri, July 19, 2001.bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

 

Wedding Around the World

200 Palestinian grooms attend a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on July 31, 2008. Some 200 couples were married in Khan Younis in a group wedding organized by the Islamic Society, a group affiliated to Hamas. The newly wedded brides held a separate closed-door celebration for their weddings.(UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)

 

Wedding Around the World

Wedding Around the World

Thousands attend a wedding ceremony for the World Culture and Sports Festival. The ceremony was held at RFK Stadium in Washington DC and featured religious leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon. UPI rs/STAFF PHOTO

 

Wedding Around the World

Iranian bride Mahsa enters in a room as young men look on while they wait at a wedding party at Lavizan in the northeastern neighborhood of Tehran, Iran on August 16, 2007. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

 

Wedding Around the World

Sunni Iranians wear traditional clothes as they dance during a traditional wedding ceremony in great Arkh village in Golestan province, 400Km (249 Miles) north of Tehran, Iran on October 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

 

Wedding Around the World

Palestinians grooms sit as they attend a ceremony in which 120 grooms take part in an open-air group wedding in Rafah in Gaza Strip, , Aug. 6, 2005. Some 120 couples were married in Rafah in a group wedding organized by the Islamic Society, a group affiliated to Hamas. The newly wedded brides held a separate closed-door celebration for their weddings.(UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)

 

Wedding Around the World

Magan Noel and her new husband Jeremy Courtois kiss for the first time at homeplate after being married inside Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 26, 2003. SC/BG/BILL GREENBLATT UPI

 

Wedding Around the World

Palestinian bride Nirmen Aabed and groom Said Khatib, flanked by traditional musicians, are escorted to their new home after their wedding celebration in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza on August 27, 2007. The brides have a separate ceremony in private. The Hamas government prohibited the custom of firing arms into the air during weddings in order to stop militiamen from checking wedding celebrations. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)

 

Wedding Around the World

Dave Turczyn (L) and Dylan Jones kiss after their wedding outside the San Diego County Administration Building on the first full day of legal marriage for California same-sex couples, June 17, 2008 in San Diego. (UPI Photo/Earl S.Cryer)

 

Wedding Around the World

A Chinese couple, dressed in Western style wedding outfits, pose for wedding photographs in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing on October 10, 2008. Many Chinese couples still are married in traditional Chinese ceremonies, but like to have wedding style photographs taken also. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

 

Wedding Around the World

Jennifer Cannon (L) and Doy Nichols, from Lexington, Kentucky, await the start of their wedding as she wears a bridal gown composed of 7 rolls of Ultra Soft and Ultra Strong Charmin toilet paper on December 19, 2007 at the Charmin Restrooms in New York Times Square. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)

 

Wedding Around the World

Gay activists Phyllis Lyon (R) and Del Martin cut a wedding cake after being married by Mayor Gavin Newsom (L) in the mayors office in San Francisco on June 16, 2008. The couple has been together more than 50 years and are the first to be legally married by Newsom. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)

 

Wedding Around the World

A young Chinese couple wears Western-style wedding clothes while posing for wedding pictures in front of a Christian church in downtown Beijing, September 22, 2006. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

 

Wedding Around the World

Twenty-five couples kiss after saying "I do," during the Hallo-Wedding at Six Flags in Eureka, Mo. on October 10, 2003. The couples, decked out in Halloween style clothing tied the knot at the amusement park in front of hundreds of friends and family. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

 

Wedding Around the World

Krystal Kennedy, 30, of Clearwater, Florida and Robert " Evil " Knievel, 61, also of Clearwater, Florida head to their wedding reception at Caesar's Palace after being married in Las Vegas November 19. nk/Nasser Khan UPI

 

Wedding Around the World

American Ric Reed(left) and Canadian Ernest Lacasse show off their rings for photographers after their wedding service at the Metropolitan Community Church in Toronto, Canada on June 28, 2003. Same-sex couples recently won the right to marry legally in Ontario and the Candian government will soon introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriages across the country. dg/cc/Christine Chew UPI

 

Wedding Around the World

Sony Music Entertainment CEO Tommy Mottola & Mexican singer/soap opera star Thalia at St Patrick's Cathedral pose for photogrpahers after their wedding in New York City, New York on December 2, 2000. cc/Star Max/Tom Lau ***Europe, Australia, Japan OUT***

 

Wedding Around the World

Wedding Around the World

David Gakshteyn and Cleo Londono of New York City exchange wedding vows on Valentine Day, February 14th, 1999, at the Serendipity 3 restaurant while standing in a small swimming pool filled with liquid chocolate ice cream, the couples favorite flavor. (wy/ep/Ezio Petersen/UPI)

 

Wedding Around the World

 

Marc Emery, known as the "Prince of Pot", marries in a civil ceremony 21-year-old Jodie Giesz-Ramsay, the assistant editor of his Cannabis Culture magazine, July 23, 2006, in the Rose Garden of Queen Elizabeth park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Emery, with two co-accused returns to court August 21, 2006, to set an extradition hearing date. The U.S. Justice Department and DEA are trying to extradite Emery for selling marijuana seeds to US citizens over the Internet.

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