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        "msgid": "62-couples-at-central-java-mass-wedding-receive-business-capital-and-honeymoon-1792569124",
        "date": "2026-10-21 14:19:50",
        "title": "62 Couples at Central Java Mass Wedding Receive Business Capital and Honeymoon",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A mass wedding in Central Java brought together 62 couples and offered support extending beyond the ceremony, including business start-up capital and a honeymoon. Organisers and provincial officials said the initiative aims to ease access to legally recognised marriage, strengthen families and encourage their economic independence, with plans to take the programme to Maluku for 500 couples.",
        "content": "<p>Central Java Deputy Governor Taj Yasin Maimoen, widely known as Gus\nYasin, praised the cooperation between various parties, which not only\nhelped couples hold their weddings but also provided support for their\nlives after marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can really feel the impact of this collaboration. It covers\neverything from wedding preparations to a honeymoon after the wedding,\nand they have also thought about providing capital for the couples after\nthey marry,\u201d Taj Yasin said in a written statement on Wednesday (21\nOctober 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Gus Yasin said the programme reflected concern for people facing\nfinancial constraints that made it difficult to marry. He hoped similar\ncollaborations would continue as a way to strengthen family resilience\nand help people establish households recognised both religiously and\nunder state law.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Romo HR Muhammad Syafii said the\nNikah Akbar programme was organised in partnership by the Mutiara\nAl-Fatah Foundation, Rabitah Al-Islamiyah, the Central Java provincial\ngovernment, Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) and other parties.<\/p>\n<p>The programme, previously known as a mass wedding, eases the\nadministrative process, including access to civil registration documents\nfor children born to the couples. Participants also receive initial\nbusiness capital to encourage their families\u2019 economic independence.<\/p>\n<p>After being held in Jakarta and Bogor, the programme was staged in\nCentral Java and is planned to continue in Maluku, with a target of 500\ncouples.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Santri Mantu programme, Syafii said he hoped more people\nwould be able to marry with legal recognition and build harmonious,\neconomically independent families.<\/p>\n<p>The marriage ceremonies at the Great Mosque of Central Java (MAJT)\nwere held at 62 tables, each staffed by a marriage registrar, witnesses\nand a guardian. Galang, a Santri Mantu participant from Sumenep, said he\nhad married Aprilia, a resident of Semarang. After the ceremony and\nreceiving his marriage card, Galang was unable to hide his emotion.<\/p>\n<p>His happiness was heightened when table number 004, where his\nceremony took place, was selected to be witnessed by Taj Yasin. Gus\nYasin also led a prayer for the couple. Galang\u2019s marriage vow was\naccompanied by a dowry of three grams of gold and Rp2,100,000 in\ncash.<\/p>\n<p>Another participant, Dila, expressed similar happiness. A Semarang\nresident, she married a man from Demak Regency and said she was proud to\nhave held her ceremony at the Great Mosque of Central Java.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that the other participants and I will live a sakinah,\nmawaddah, warahmah life together into old age, and remain enthusiastic\nabout the future,\u201d Dila said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/62-couples-at-central-java-mass-wedding-receive-business-capital-and-honeymoon-1792569124",
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