India mass wedding

A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim bride looks on as she sits for a mass marriage event in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 15, 2018. Mass weddings in India are organised by social organisations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. [Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan]