Couples opt for midnight wedding

Couples opt for midnight wedding

TANGERANG: A superstition that says people who get married at
midnight will have good luck in life has inspired many young
couples in the Pondok Aren district of Tangerang to tie the knot
in the dead of night.

The Pondok Aren chief of Islamic religious affairs office,
Mursyahid, said on Wednesday that his office marries about 120
couples every month between 23:50 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.

"I've very often married couples from just before midnight
until two in the morning, because they believe that getting
married at that time will bring them good luck in life," he told
Antara.

He said that couples usually wanted to get married in the
morning or between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

He said that he could not refuse any requests to marry couples
during the wee hours of the morning. "As a civil servant I am
dedicated to the public's interest. I have to serve them well
regardless of the time they ask to be wedded," he said. --JP