Marriage of elementary school students in South Sulawesi canceled, Mother cried hysterically
Image caption The stage which was originally designed for the bride and groom's altar was changed and earmarked for the youngest brother SR, the prospective bride.
The marriage ceremony and marriage receptions involving elementary school students and 21-year-old boys in South Sulawesi were declared canceled by the family on Tuesday (08/05).
From the observation on location, the stage of the aisle along with various kinds of dishes and entertainment events for the guests of the bride's second wedding reception is complete.
However, because the marriage was canceled, the event was changed into the youngest brother SR sunatan reception, the prospective bride.
"We can only entertain the parents of SR on the cancellation of this marriage ceremony, we change the reception so the youngest sister sunatan because the preparation is also complete," said Ramli, grandfather of SR, told reporters in South Sulawesi, Zul Pattingalloang.
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Image caption The guests gather at the home of the prospective groom's family, which was originally prepared for a wedding reception.
The reason for the cancellation of the marriage ceremony previously held at the groom's family home in Taroeng District, Jeneponto District, occurred due to the lack of a leader who dared to marry the child because of the fear of colliding with the law considering the child's age has been known and viral in a number of media.
"There is no penghulu who want to marry at Jeneponto because he feared his age is still young and the rule of law, let alone have been crowded in the media," said Basri, SR's real father in front of journalists.
The family can only resign over the cancellation of this event.
The atmosphere was noisy when SR's mother hysterical, struggling, and crying until had fainted for a while.