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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Couples Derailed by Virus Get Mass ‘Re-Wedding’ in New York

A family is photographed in front of an "I love NY" background, after a commitment ceremony to celebrate love, as part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City program, at Lincoln Center, in New York, New York, US, 10 July 2022. (EPA)

Hundreds of couples whose weddings were derailed or scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a do-over at no less than a New York City landmark.

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted "Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding” for 500 couples on Sunday evening in the pavilion outside the center.

Lincoln Center’s website calls it ”a special day for newlyweds, those whose weddings were canceled or diminished, and people who want to recommit their love to their partners and the city we love.”

It featured a multicultural ceremony - not legally binding - as well as music, dancing and remarks from New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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