10,000 couples tied the knot in collective weddings held on Valentine’s Day

Approximately 10,000 couples got hitched connected Saturday during corporate wedding ceremonies successful states crossed Mexico.

The states of Nuevo León and Mexico City led the mode with 2,500+ and 2,378 partners tying the knot successful their respective Valentine’s Day events.

Nuevo León Governor Samuel García and his woman Mariana Rodríguez witnessed the national of much than 2,500 couples successful a ceremonial held astatine the Nuevo León Gymnasium successful the authorities superior of Monterrey.

During a little speech, García emphasized the value of matrimony arsenic “a beingness task based connected companionship, respect, and commitment,” and affirmed that the state’s maturation is simply a reflection of the regular efforts of its families.

In Mexico City, Mayor Clara Brugada told those assembled successful the National Auditorium that her authorities supports those who “decide to physique a beingness arsenic a mates based connected equality, respect and autonomy.”

“Today, 2,378 couples decided to unite their lives successful this corporate matrimony … This government, similar you, believes successful the worth of publically declaring your love,” she said. “We judge successful a loving metropolis of rights.”

Elsewhere, 1,900 couples tied the knot successful the authorities of Baja California, astir 1,000 “exchanged vows” successful México authorities and much than 500 got hitched successful the authorities of Jalisco. Major cities successful Oaxaca, Quintana Roo and elsewhere besides took part, ratifying betwixt 50 and 400 matrimony certificates stamped Feb. 13 and 14.

Popularity of ‘collective weddings’ successful Mexico

Only civilian marriages are recognized by the authorities successful Mexico, but the process tin beryllium time-consuming (filing of recognition documents and providing up to 4 witnesses) and expensive.

Some estimates suggest that much than 50% of couples surviving unneurotic successful Mexico bash not person documented marriages. The nationalist statistic bureau INEGI reported past year that determination are 5.4 marriages per 1,000 big residents nationwide, portion successful Mexico City, determination are lone 3.4 marriages per 1,000 big residents.

Collective weddings are organized by idiosyncratic authorities and municipal Civil Registry offices to code this contented by providing a escaped authoritative civilian process and formally regularizing marriages. Additionally, a regularized matrimony is beneficial for a couple’s children, allowing some parents to unafraid entree to authorities services.

These events instrumentality spot passim the year. For instance, the authorities of Chihuahua volition big a wide wedding connected Feb. 19, the authorities of Coahuila volition bash the aforesaid connected Feb. 27 and the authorities of Aguascalientes volition observe a corporate wedding ceremonial connected March 27.

Typically, participating couples are required to taxable each authoritative documents (e.g., commencement certificates, impervious of section address, ineligible ID) and registry up of time.

Although determination is nary documented “first” corporate wedding solemnisation successful Mexico, specified events person grown successful popularity implicit the past 20 years, peculiarly arsenic a mode to supply escaped and ineligible certainty to spouses.

With reports from Excelsior, Reporte Indigo, Punto Norte, La Crónica de Jalisco, El Universal and El Heraldo de México