The fake wedding is telling of the social paradox of a country that remains traditional, and overwhelmingly culturally Roman Catholic, even as the divorce rate hovers around 50 percent and civil unions become accepted. The events are successful enough that Mr. Bottinelli and his friends now stage them in Buenos Aires about once a month, sometimes more. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAt the events, Mr. Bottinelli explained, they can take or leave whatever they want from a typical wedding. Over the course of the evening, which stretched until 6 a.m., there were two wedding rehearsals and two wedding ceremonies, each with an exchange of bogus vows. The actors who were the bride and groom in the first wedding became the witnesses in the second, and vice versa.

Source: New York Times November 05, 2017 17:03 UTC