Jakarta: Thousands of underprivileged Indonesian couples from various faiths tied the knot joined in a mass reception to receive free marriage certificates because they otherwise could not afford the expenses of marriage.
Some 15,000 attended the impressive reception Tuesday at the Senayan Sports Palace, including Jakarta city officials, friends and family members of the 4,541 couples.
The couples included 3,112 Muslims, 1,248 Christians, 96 Catholics and 85 Buddhists, Hindus and Chinese from across the Indonesian capital.
The couples from low-income families were married in separate mass ceremonies in the past three months. The last group of 200 couples tied the knot last week.
