62 couples in a mass marriage
Date: 27 october 2012Categories : CSR
Happy faces shown from 62 bridal couple at Islamic Centre Building, Jl Raya Dukuh Kupang, Surabaya. Implementing this mass marriage is Women's Organization Cooperation Agency (BKOW) East Java Province chairperson, Fatma Saifullah Yusuf, wife of the Deputy Governor of East Java. Unmitigated in the mass wedding ceremony was brought in officers from three Religious Affairs Office (KUA) of each from the subdistrict Dukuh Pakis, subdistrict and subdistrict Sawahan Wonokromo. This mass wedding fund financed by the Bank Jatim Rp 50 million through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. A total of 62 married couple's youngest is a couple M Aris (25) and Tarini (19) from the Surabaya subdistrict tile. While the oldest couple is Sharif (81) and Sharija (52) from the subdistrict Semampir. After performing mass weddings they parade with ornamental rickshaw, from the Islamic Centre along to Jalan Dukuh Kupang.
Mass wedding held at the Islamic Centre recently was a concern BKOW East Java province to the couple who has done weddings siri but the state legally siri weddings is no written evidence / documentation. Many from the the poor who can only do siri weddings because of constrained on cost. Including those who are old even aware siri marriage valid according to religion, but state law no documented evidence.
This mass weddings theme is "Creating relationships Marriage / Wedding Regulated State Law." Each pair of wedding besides obtaining KUA administrative costs, also got weddings dowry, bridal set men / women and others. After the mass wedding, the bridal couple received a sermon from the Deputy Governor Jatim, Saifullah Yusuf, followed by religious speech. (admin)