Top 15 Most Weirdest and Unusual Couples In The World
14. Saneie Masilela and Helen Shabangu
Top 15 Weirdest Couples In The World
Bizarre ceremony: Rings of the happy couple ( Image: Barcroft)
Nine-year-old Saneie Masilela has become the world's youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he tied the knot with in 2014.
Dressed in a silvery tuxedo, baby-faced Saneie clutched the hand of mother-of-five Helen Shabangu - her children are aged between 28- and 38-years-old - as they repeated their vows a year on in front of 100 guests.
The schoolboy says he did it to make the marriage 'official' but other villagers in Ximhungwe in Mpumalanga, South Africa describe it as "sickening".
The ceremony - where guests shared a piece of cake - took place in front of Helen's long-term husband Alfred Shabangu, 66, who was there as well.
He said: "My kids and I are happy because we don't have a problem with her marrying the boy - and I don’t care what other people say.”
Both families claimed the wedding was simply another 'ritual' after Saneie was told by his dead ancestors to wed and his parents forked out £500 for the bride and another £1,000 for the ceremony.
But the schoolboy - the youngest of five children – wanted to follow South African tradition and insisted they have the second ceremony this week to make their marriage official.
Top 15 Weirdest Couples In The World
Bizarre ceremony: Rings of the happy couple ( Image: Barcroft)
Nine-year-old Saneie Masilela has become the world's youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he tied the knot with in 2014.
Dressed in a silvery tuxedo, baby-faced Saneie clutched the hand of mother-of-five Helen Shabangu - her children are aged between 28- and 38-years-old - as they repeated their vows a year on in front of 100 guests.
The schoolboy says he did it to make the marriage 'official' but other villagers in Ximhungwe in Mpumalanga, South Africa describe it as "sickening".
The ceremony - where guests shared a piece of cake - took place in front of Helen's long-term husband Alfred Shabangu, 66, who was there as well.
He said: "My kids and I are happy because we don't have a problem with her marrying the boy - and I don’t care what other people say.”
Both families claimed the wedding was simply another 'ritual' after Saneie was told by his dead ancestors to wed and his parents forked out £500 for the bride and another £1,000 for the ceremony.
But the schoolboy - the youngest of five children – wanted to follow South African tradition and insisted they have the second ceremony this week to make their marriage official.
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18 May 2023
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