NEWLYWEDS. Couple Carlo and Angelica Magluyan in their bridal car and with Mayor Pip Limbungan of Tulunan, North Cotabato (inset) after the wedding rites. They were part of the 49 couples who exchanged vows during a mass wedding ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (Photos courtesy of DXND - Kidapawan)
COTABATO CITY – Forty-nine couples exchanged “I do’s” during a “face-mask wedding” ceremony in Tulunan, North Cotabato, as the town celebrates its 59th founding anniversary Thursday.
Tulunan Mayor Pip Limbungan, who administered the mass wedding around noon at the town gymnasium, said the event has become one of the highlights of the town's annual festivities.
The eldest among the brides was a 52-year-old woman with a disability who married a 44-year-old farmer.
They have been living as husband and wife for the past 10 years without a civil or church wedding, officials said.
“Minimum health protocols were properly observed, that is why it was called face mask wedding,” Limbungan said.
A photo of couple Carlo and Angelica Magluyan on board a “payong-payong” (tricycle) as their bridal car went viral on social media.
It was decorated using indigenous materials and marked “We’re getting married.”
At the back of the “bridal trike” was a banana tree with two banana blossoms, symbolizing two hearts to be united in matrimony. (PNA)
