More than a hundred couples They married This Thursday in Limaat a ceremony held by the mayor of the Peruvian capital, Rafael López Aliaga, on the eve of the traditional ‘Valentine’s Day’, known in Peru as the ‘Day of Love and Friendship’.
The ‘Free Community Civil Marriage’ ceremony was held at the ‘Magic Water Circuit’, of the Park of La Reserva, in the area of the Historic Center of Lima. “Today, on the eve of the ‘Day of Love and Friendship’, it was promoted that they can have a hundred couples the opportunity to give themselves and formalize, but we are surprised that they are more than one hundred,” he told EFE The Human Development Manager of the Municipality of Lima, Isabel Ayala. The official stressed that López Aliaga wanted to celebrate civil marriage in person because “he is part and always has been promoting family union.”
He added that The legal procedures were free And he stressed that “every time expectations are increasing” towards this type of ceremonies, since last year they were married more than 80 couples.
Community civil marriage understood A central ceremony, photographs, toasts, delivery of gifts to the bride and groom and a final dance.
López Aliaga, founder of the Ultraconservator Party Popular Renewal, said he decided to celebrate the ceremony, because he wanted to participate “on this day of love” and because “the family, Peruvian society is being strengthened.” He argued that, for that reason, the municipality sought that the ceremony be celebrated in “the most beautiful place in Lima”, so that it is a moment that the participants “cannot forget.”
Among the couples who married were Jorge Macedo and Porfila Huerta, 66 and 58, respectively, who pointed to Efe that they have a relationship for 35 years after having met at work “and as friends.” “I invite young people, it is not difficult to marry here, in Lima,” said an excited Macedo, while Huerta said they decided to formalize their relationship for their family and the daughter they have, “who is very happy.”
In turn, Jesús Ávalos and Lesly Flores, 30 and 23, respectively, said they have had a relationship for three years, have a one -year -old daughter and wait for a second baby. “It will sound very weird and fun, but we met playing video games in the pandemic, we couldn’t see each other,” Flores said with a laugh. Both agreed that the beginning of their relationship “was very spontaneous” and Ávalos said they decided to marry to form “a link for the well -being” of their children.
The Municipality of the Peruvian capital has also organized for this Friday A ‘caravan in love with Lima’which will travel the central Jirón of the Union with musical activities, artistic presentations and the delivery of more than 400 portions of cake to the attendees.
