Couple marries in waist-deep floodwaters in the Philippines
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- Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico married in a flooded Catholic church in Hagonoy, north of Manila.
- The couple proceeded despite advice to postpone the ceremony as floodwaters rose, and fewer than 15 people attended.
Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico got married in a Catholic church flooded with muddy water nearly to waist height in Hagonoy, north of Manila.
Galang crossed the church in a white wedding dress while carrying a bouquet. Chico said the couple did not mind getting their wedding clothes wet. A priest declared them married during a brief late-morning ceremony on Tuesday.
Wedding photographer Mikko Rey Alfonso said the church had advised the couple to postpone the ceremony because floodwaters from upstream areas were rising. They chose to continue, he said, and the church had been partly flooded for almost a month.
The couple arrived together in a high-chassis motorised tricycle, which helped keep their clothes clean before they stepped into the church grounds. Fewer than 15 people attended the ceremony.
We wore our full wedding outfits. We did not mind our dress and suit getting wet.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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