Srinagar, April 9: Amid coronavirus scare, people are cancelling scheduled weddings in Kashmir.
As there is coronavirus scare, the disease that has gripped the world, claiming thousands of lives across the GLOBE, there has been increasing number of cases in Kashmir too.
There is complete lockdown in Kashmir to contain the coronavirus. At the same time, people also prefer to cancel their weddings to halt spread of the disease.
It was nearly after a decade that someone from Mohammad Shafi’s family in Pampore is getting married.
His lone son-Shabir Ahmad was scheduled to get married on April 4. Bhat’s family however decided to cancel his wedding.
“We had decided to cook five-quintals of meet on his wedding. But we cancelled his wedding in view spread of COVID-19,” he told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).
“We did not want any gathering at our home even our close relatives so we cancelled his weddings,” he said.
Mohammad Sharif, a resident of Ganderbal’s, whose daughter was scheduled to get married on March 30.
But his family also cancelled his weddings. “We all have to maintain social distancing and stay at home this is the only way to protect ourselves,” he told KINS. “We decided to cancel wedding of my daughter. We did not want even groom to come out of his home and come to our home with few guests so we cancelled the weddings,” he added.
Valley weddings are elaborate affairs with extravagant feasts; exotic dishes are prepared for days together at homes of bride and groom.
Last year too after abrogation of Article 370, scores of marriages were either postponed or the Nikkah ceremonies were held with simplicity.
(KINS)