Eighteen couples tie knot in “new lifestyle” mass wedding
Eighteen couples tied the knot in an October 15 mass wedding held in “new lifestyle” practices on pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi.
Eighteen couples tie the knot in an October 15 mass wedding in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eighteen couples tied the knot inan October 15 mass wedding held in “new lifestyle” practices on pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi.
The event was co-organised by the Hanoi chapters of the HoChi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Federation to mark the 68th anniversary of the Hanoi Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 – 2022).
It also aimed to raise public awareness of the “newlifestyle” wedding practices which promote simple, cost-saving wedding ceremonies that preservetraditional values.
The couples offer incense at Ba Kieu Temple. (Photo: VNA)
The couples offered incense and a set of two traditionalVietnamese sweet cakes – “Banh Com” and “Banh Phu The” – that are 130kg in total weightat King Ly Thai To Monument and Ba Kieu Temple as a gesture to honour the country’straditional cuisine.
“Banh Com” is a sweet cake made of green sticky rice andgreen beans and “Banh Phu The,” meaning conjugal cake, symbolises the loyaltyof a husband and wife and is normally served at weddings. Produced by Bao MinhConfectionary JSC, the set were recognised as the largest of their kind inVietnam./.
The HCM City Labourers and Youth Support Centre will organise a mass wedding for 100 couples on the National Day (September 2) to help less well-off workers have a proper ceremony.
