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Mass wedding in Harbin
On the eve of the Chinese city of Harbin took a spectacular opening of the traditional International Ice and Snow Festival, which has become a tourist business card of Chinese north. This year during the festival here for the first time staged a mass wedding - twenty-eight pairs ignored frost fifteen degrees and tied their fate against the backdrop of huge snow and ice copies of world famous architectural masterpieces.
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1) 28 bridal couples from the province of Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin and Harbin in Australia held a collective wedding.
2) couple embracing against the backdrop of a snow sculpture depicting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
3) Red - the traditional Chinese weddings. Modern European brides prefer white dresses, but still use the red elements in the outfits and accessories.
4) The newlyweds eat «tanghulu» - for the traditional northern Chinese delicacy of candied fruit on a stick
5) One of the 28 brides during a photo shoot, which carries a specially invited to the wedding photographer. Honeymooners are not scared extreme cold, common in this region of China.
6) Kuta groom waiting for his bride at the ceremony
7) The local authorities hope that such mass marriages during the famous festival will get the international popularity.
8) Couples who are married, were very diverse.
9) After the official part of the newlyweds ride on dog sleds.
10) Since, according to horoscopes upcoming Year of the Tiger, which begins on February 14 is considered a "widow's year," the last few months continues to authentic Chinese "wedding boom"
11) Brides and grooms all together posed for photos in the snow sculpture depicting the famous Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
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11 ph via alexandr-alymov
1) 28 bridal couples from the province of Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin and Harbin in Australia held a collective wedding.
2) couple embracing against the backdrop of a snow sculpture depicting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
3) Red - the traditional Chinese weddings. Modern European brides prefer white dresses, but still use the red elements in the outfits and accessories.
4) The newlyweds eat «tanghulu» - for the traditional northern Chinese delicacy of candied fruit on a stick
5) One of the 28 brides during a photo shoot, which carries a specially invited to the wedding photographer. Honeymooners are not scared extreme cold, common in this region of China.
6) Kuta groom waiting for his bride at the ceremony
7) The local authorities hope that such mass marriages during the famous festival will get the international popularity.
8) Couples who are married, were very diverse.
9) After the official part of the newlyweds ride on dog sleds.
10) Since, according to horoscopes upcoming Year of the Tiger, which begins on February 14 is considered a "widow's year," the last few months continues to authentic Chinese "wedding boom"
11) Brides and grooms all together posed for photos in the snow sculpture depicting the famous Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
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