PETALING JAYA, May 7 ― A bride and groom from Bihar in India tied the knot in a unique social distancing way while the country is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
They used bamboo sticks to exchange their wedding garlands.
Both the bride and groom wore masks and were seen exchanging the garlands on each other in a video posted on May 2.
Watched over 11,000 times, the video was also liked by 1,000 people at the time of writing.
#कोरोना में शादियां सफलतापूर्वक संपन्न कराने के लिए इवेंट मैनेजर्स को क्या क्या जुगाड़ू समाधान निकालना पड़ता है.... 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/2WOc9ld0rU
— Dipanshu Kabra (@ipskabra) May 2, 2021
Many Twitter users lashed out at the couple saying that they were foolish to have even considered having a wedding ceremony in the first place while others questined the need to use bamboo sticks.
One user said: “What's the need of all this, either postpone or do it in a simple manner.”
What's the need of all this, either postpone or do it in simple manner without fanfare.
— RS I CovidSupport (@Rajeshsonusingh) May 2, 2021
According to India’s official health ministry’s Twitter account, as of today, there are a total of 21,491,598 confirmed Covid-19 cases while 17,612,351 people have recovered from the virus.
#CoronaVirusUpdates:
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) May 7, 2021
📍#COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 7 May, 2021, 08:00 AM)
➡️Confirmed cases: 2,14,91,598
➡️Recovered: 1,76,12,351 (81.95%)👍
➡️Active cases: 36,45,164 (16.96%)
➡️Deaths: 2,34,083 (1.09%)#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona#StaySafe @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/xn7AKBjqQL
The number of deaths due to Covid-19 are 234,083.
A total of 164,973,058 vaccine shots have already been administered to its people.
