日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

WORLD> Middle East
Lull in Iraq violence sparks wedding storm
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-29 08:29

BAGHDAD: Iraq has seen a surge in lavish weddings during what has been the country's most festive and peaceful Muslim holiday in years, with party-goers shrugging off security worries and dancing late into the night.

Related readings:
Lull in Iraq violence sparks wedding storm Travel postcard: 48 hours in Baghdad, Iraq
Lull in Iraq violence sparks wedding storm US military closes largest detention camp in Iraq
Lull in Iraq violence sparks wedding storm American commander: US on the road out of Iraq
Lull in Iraq violence sparks wedding storm Iraq sends thousands more police to Syrian border

Some 630 couples married at Baghdad's six fanciest hotels during Eid al-Fitr, the week-long holiday after the holy month of Ramadan, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said, about the same as the total number wed at such hotels in July and August.

The Eid celebration marked an end to the quietest Ramadan in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 plunged the country into more than six years of insurgency and bloodshed.

Weddings were a much more somber affair during the dark days of sectarian strife, when people lived in fear of suicide bombers or Islamist extremists who considered the music that typically accompanies wedding processions forbidden, or 'haram'.

The ministry was unable to give precise figures for weddings in previous years, but a spokesman said that there had been a dramatic jump in weddings starting this spring.

"Iraqis are taking advantage of the holiday and the good security situation," spokesman Abdul-Zahra al-Talagani said.

The surge in weddings was just one element of the unusually festive Eid celebrations this year, with huge traffic jams caused by people visiting friends and relatives and local parks and restaurants crowded with hundreds of thousands of people eating and dancing.

Such celebrations would have been impossible at the height of sectarian violence in 2006-07, when militias and insurgent groups controlled most of Baghdad and terrified Iraqis scarcely ventured out of their homes.

The worst of the bloodshed has receded, but violence continues in areas of mixed ethnicity and religion. Almost 100 people died in twin truck bombings last month in Baghdad.

Even as they embrace a newfound sense of security, Iraqis are also wary about the future. Iraq is heading into hotly contested national elections in January, and American troops are set to halt combat operations next summer.

In one wedding last week, Ali Mohammed, a 31-year-old groom, awaited his bride-to-be next to a smart new car decked with flowers, to the beat of a band playing traditional Iraqi music.

"Thank God I was able to hold the wedding during Eid. Everything looks so normal," Mohammed said.

Mohammed lifted the train of his fiancee's white dress and helped her into the car before a procession of cars and buses cruised the Baghdad streets for an hour, honking their horns and stopping occasionally so passengers could dance in the street.

Talagani said many more couples were wed at the less pricey hotels dotting the city. "When people feel safe, they can go out and do these things," he said.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 99精品网站 | 国产中文在线视频 | 国产欧美第一页 | 日本h视频在线观看 | 日韩一级一级 | 好看的中文字幕 | 黄色在线观看国产 | 毛片在线免费观看视频 | а中文在线天堂 | 超碰8| 欧美综合在线观看 | 99久久99久久精品免费看蜜桃 | 屁屁影院国产第一页 | 亚洲一区欧美一区 | 久久久久久久久国产精品 | 国产ts视频 | 亚洲黄色片| 午夜剧场免费看 | 亚洲清纯唯美 | 成人免费在线看片 | 久久久久久一区 | 日韩综合在线视频 | 欧美特级黄色大片 | 久久九九视频 | 午夜视频久久 | 麻豆视频91| 综合色婷婷| 秋霞成人午夜鲁丝一区二区三区 | 成人精品影院 | 亚洲aaa级| 欧美黄色激情视频 | 欧美激情黑人 | 日韩少妇视频 | 新中文字幕 | 国产第一页浮力 | 成人一区二区三区在线 | a在线观看免费 | 国产一区二区视频在线观看免费 | av三级在线播放 | 国产又黄又粗又猛又爽的 | 国产原创在线 |