People postpone marriages scheduled in April, majority of marriages re-scheduled for Oct-Nov
Srinagar, Apr 10: Apart from the tourism industry which has taken a beating due to the outbreak of Covid-19,marriages in Kashmir has also taken a heavy toll as it has foprced postponement of marriage ceremonies in the valley.
According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Covid-19 outbreak has taken a heavy toll on marriages in Kashmir as spring season was also considered as marriage season in the valley.
“But due to the situation arising out of Covid-19, marriages have been cancelled or postponed in many parts of Kashmir valley. Marriage season usually starts from April in Kashmir but due to the arrival of Ramadhan at the end of April month, some marriage ceremonies were preponed, however, the outbreak of Covid-19 led to postponement or cancellation of these marriage which were scheduled to be held this month,” said Fatima, a match maker from Srinagar.
She said that as marriages in Kashmir is a festival in itself where hundreds of people area invited and maintaining social distancing (the only way to curb the spread of Covid-19), would have been a tough ask.
“So to avoid large gatherings and prevent the spread of this deadly virus it is better to postpone or cancel thescheduled marriages in the larger public good,” Fatima said.
While some people chose to perform Nikkah in a simple way having only a few family members invited but some had no choice to postpone or cancel the marriages.
Muhammad Sultan, a resident of Sonwar said the marriage ceremony of his daughter was scheduled to be held today but due to the outbreak of this virus he had to postpone the marriage.
He said that they have now rescheduled the marriage in July this year with the hope that this pandemic would be over and normal life in the valley is back on tracks.
Nisar Ahmed, a resident of Pampore who had scheduled marriage of his two sons in the month of April had to postpone the ceremony to July this year—(KNO)