AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Filipino couple weds in waist-deep floodwater after refusing to postpone ceremony
A bride and groom in the Philippines pushed through their wedding inside a Catholic church submerged in waist-deep floodwater, choosing love over logistics while deadly monsoon rains battered the region. Leian Lieza Galang waded down the aisle of Saint John the Baptist Church in Hagonoy, Philippines, on a Tuesday late morning in August, her white […] The post Filipino couple weds in waist-deep floodwater after refusing to postpone ceremony appeared first on American Almanac .
A bride and groom in the Philippines pushed through their wedding inside a Catholic church submerged in waist-deep floodwater, choosing love over logistics while deadly monsoon rains battered the region. Leian Lieza Galang waded down the aisle of Saint John the Baptist Church in Hagonoy, Philippines, on a Tuesday late morning in August, her white wedding gown dragging through murky brown water that reached her waist. Groom Gilbert Chico waited at the altar. A young boy carried their wedding rings through the flood. Fewer than 15 people attended. The parish priest declared them husband and wife in an abbreviated ceremony, and the whole thing was posted to the parish's Facebook page the same day. The church had been partially submerged for…Open