The show must go on! Guest marries bride after groom no-shows

In what sounds like the plot of a Bollywood musical, The Times of India reports that a 30-year-old man who came to witness a wedding ended up marrying the bride himself in what the paper describes as 'a kind gesture as the bridegroom-to-be failed to turn up to tie the knot on Wednesday.'

The blushing bride Ponradha, 23, was supposed to marry  Sithiraivelu, 35, but he reportedly skipped out after quarreling with his in-laws-to-be on Monday. Apparently this wasn't the first time he'd gone missing after an argument with them, as the Times describes the family 'expecting him to come back as usual, [but] he did not return." Understandably,  "the bride's family went into a frenzy, as a stopped marriage would affect the girl's future."

"The news spread around the town of Lakshmimanagaram like a wildfire when Sivakumar, a relative of the bride [!] who had come to take part in the wedding, agreed to marry Ponradha after his relatives persuaded him to do so. The wedding then took place as per the schedule, much to the relief of the family."

Well, at least with this catch of hers the age difference is only 7 years as opposed to 12. Hopefully her new found husband is only a distant relative!

Groom surprises bride by performing Broadaway tune with wedding party (Video)

This video is so joyful.

A groom named Lin surprised his wife Vanessa at their wedding reception with an ensemble performance of L'Chaim from Fiddler on the Roof. Friends and family rehearsed in secret for a month before the wedding.

Doves Released for Wedding Promptly Captured and Eaten by Residents of Chinese Town

Stomachs win out over sentiments.

A Chinese news site is reporting that on November 13 wedding photographers intending to take pictures of loving couples surrounded by doves had their plans disrupted by some hungry citizens in the town of Hefei. It seems nearly 100 white doves were purchased and released on the ironically named Swan Lake, in order to create a magical background for wedding photograps. However, the majority of the birds were quickly snapped up by locals, leaving only a few to serve as photo props. A resident explained, “This is an edible dove; it can be eaten."

Iowa's Bacon Fest will offer weddings in a Chapel O’ Bacon

All the glitter – and kitsch – of Las Vegas comes to Des Moines:

Tickets for the seventh annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival go on sale at 12:12 p.m. Dec. 12. The event will be held Feb. 1 at the Elwell Family Food Center, William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building and the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. This year’s theme is “Viva Las Bacon: What happens at baconfest …,” and, yes, some lucky couples will be able to get married in a Vegas-themed “Chapel O’ Bacon.”
“Vegas taught us that it’s OK to enjoy life’s guilty pleasures every now and then; and Elvis showed us that bacon goes particularly well with peanut butter and bananas,” festival co-founder Brooks Reynolds said.
General admission tickets will cost $45 and include a shirt, beverage koozie, $5 in Bacon Bucks and two beverage tickets along with unlimited bacon samples.

Perhaps they were inspired by this June 2013 wedding:

One San Diego couple tied the knot Sunday, united by their love for each other -- and bacon.  Adrienne Dunvan and Eddie Quinones won a contest to get married during the Big Bite Bacon Fest at the San Diego County Fair in a bacon-themed celebration.  The couple, who bonded over their love of Puerto Rican pork shoulder, walked down a bacon-printed carpet to the altar, where local radio station Star 94.1 DJ Jesse Lozano officiated the ceremony, according to a press release.