Nagorno Karabakh: More on Mass Wedding

Pigh [RU] also comments on last week's mass wedding in the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. The blog says that 537 couples were married in the disputed town of Shushi while 138 tied the knot in the Gandzasar monastery. Each couple received $2,500 from the godfather of the wedding, businessman Levon Hayrapetyan, in addition to the promise of cash incentives for every child born later.

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