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Korean, German join mass wedding in General Santos City

Chief Editor April 15, 2015

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – It is indeed a love story made in heaven for two foreigners who traveled to the southern Philippines to marry their Filipino girlfriends in a mass wedding held recently in General Santos City.

South Korean Woosik Shin, 40; married Efrelita Espadilla; and Sebastian Geyer, 22; from Germany, married Regine Canton. They joined three other Filipino couples Alver Baldiviso and Rachel Ana Aguillas; Rameses Borres and Junabeth Sangil; and Kent Anating and Sheena Marie Ablay in the wedding ceremony officiated by local mayor Ronnel Rivera at the City Hall.

The mayor said he was delighted with the wedding of the couples since it was his first time to officiate such “racially diverse mass wedding.”

“This just goes to show that love knows no racial boundaries; lahat tayo basta nagkaka-intindihan pwedeng magmahalan,” Rivera said.

Woosik Shin, 40 years old from Korea was among the couples, giddy with excitement as he held his newly wedded wife hand.

Geyer said he met his Filipina bride through social media and decided to tie the knot two years into their relationship. Most of the couples are already in long standing relationships, but lacked the opportunity to get married.

Before the civil wedding, the couples were asked to undergo marriage counselling at the City Population Management Office. The foreigner and Filipino couples were also asked to attend a special counselling. (Gilli Himbing)

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