years younger to him, in a ceremony which also witnessed the wedding of the groom’s two grandsons.
Muslai
Mohammed, one of the most prominent figures in his village, decided to get
married three years after the death of his first wife, who died aged 58.
Interestingly,
Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie’s two teenage grandsons also tied the knot in the
same ceremony that was attended by several local tribal and religious leaders
of Gubban village which lies south of central Iraqi city of Samarra.
After
wrapping up the wedding ceremony, an excited Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie said,
“I am so happy to get married with my grandsons.”
Stating
that he felt much younger at the age of 92 after getting married in the same
ceremony with his grandsons aged 16 and 17, the eldest groom added, “I feel
like a 20-year-old!”
Musali
Mohammed al-Mujamaie went on to say that the marriages of his grandsons were
getting repeatedly postponed due to the delay in the arrangements of his
marriage.
It
was Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie’s second marriage, three years after the death
of his first wife, who expired at 58. The duo raised 16 children at their
village of Gubban.
The
extended ceremony of triple wedding witnessed various musical and dance
performances and celebratory gunfire.
“I
remained alone when my wife died, there was nobody to share anything with. I
wanted to have a good time, have some pleasure, but there was nothing. Then God
brought her to me, for my pleasure. Is that good or bad?” he said.
Muna
al-Jabouri, his new wife, said: “I accepted (to marry him) when I saw his
pictures and realised it was my fate.”
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