One hundred couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at the main mosque in Kano city,Yesterday. It was part of an Islamic police programme aimed at promoting stable families.The brides were the first set of 1,000 divorcees and widows the sharia police, known as the Hisbah, screened for marriage to available suitors. Grooms were dressed in flowing robes as a Hisbah official read off the names of the couples at the cavernous mosque.
According to local custom, brides usually do not attend the ceremony, but some were there on Tuesday, dressed in veils and wax-cloth dresses.
Congrats to them!
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