Lughnasadh!
(Bless you!)
No, really, Lughnasadh is the ancient Celtic festival at which couples marry someone for only one year. Back in the day, couples were married in August so they could be together for the duration of the cold winter months. Now modern people in the town of Cedeira in Galicia, Spain are reviving this practice. From El Pais:
The satisfied newlyweds were grateful for the applause they received from the almost 500 strangers who gathered in the sand enclosure for the ceremony- Germán from León and Peggy from Peru were so enthusiastic about the Celtic mismatch that they even decided to remarry this August for the third time. Yoana and Daniel also repeated their engagement for a second consecutive year- “the best part was when the druid repeated that men and women are equal,” said Yoana. After three years together, Raquel, 17, and Luis, 21, from Ferrol, showed up for their first wedding dressed in white, simply because they felt it was “beautiful and romantic.”
Among all the happy brides and grooms, a precocious couple of two eight-year-olds made an appearance, as did a pair of 63-year-olds. Cedeira residents José Ríos and Herminia got back together to continue a brief juvenile romance begun 40 years before and decided to celebrate in Celtic style. “We are making the most of life,” explains José, a local wood contractor.
I really like this idea. Kind of like a starter marriage to see if a couple really wants to stay married or not. Then people could avoid pesky annulments and early divorces. Las Vegas needs to get on this trend, quick!
Update: Lughnasadh is the name of the festival, not the practice. Thanks to user Noelle for the tip.
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Via: El Pais
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