One thousand couples got married in one night as part of the tenth mass wedding ceremony at Al-Harthi Center for Exhibitions and Ceremonies here on Saturday. On behalf of Prince Khalel Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, the ceremony was patronized by Prince Mish'al Bin Majed, Governor of Jeddah. About 5,000 people attended the mass wedding ceremony which was organized by the Charitable Society for Assisting the Youth for Marriage and Family Consulting. The grooms headed to the altar in pairs in four phases; each phase was led by bands playing four Saudi cultural songs brought from four different regions of the Kingdom. Five of the grooms were given cars as gifts from Naghi Motors. STC also offered all the grooms two months free subscriptions of the DSL in addition to establishing land lines for them. Many businessmen and women also helped furnishing the houses for the newly wedded couples.
