Singaporean couple celebrates wedding day at funeral grounds, where they first met

PETALING JAYA, July 26 — A Singaporean couple recently celebrated their wedding in an unusual way — surrounded by the remains of the dead.

Huang Yuanjie, 34, and his wife Zhuo Xingjuan, 26, held their wedding ceremony last Saturday at the Nirvana Memorial Garden, a columbarium in Singapore.Shin Min Daily News it was “fate” that the pair first met at the columbarium while they were there to pay their respects.While some might find it taboo to mark happy occasions at a funeral home, the couple say that family and friends were supportive of their wedding venue. —Pictures via Facebook/ Nirvana Memorial Garden Singapore

While some of his older relatives were uncomfortable by the idea, Huang said that both his parents and in-laws supported the couple’s wedding plans.An unnamed representative of the venue toldthat two other couples have visited the columbarium to mark their wedding day this year alone. “In the past, some thought it was taboo to visit the columbarium for such auspicious occasions, but the younger generation has a different mindset,” said the representative.

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