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In reply to the discussion: NY shuts down 10,000 person wedding as Cuomo reveals new COVID-19 plan [View all]qwlauren35
(6,145 posts)13. It's probably cultural.
I have a friend who was getting married who was from Nigeria. He expected a few thousand people at the wedding, and said that was normal. People would tell people, who would tell people, and they would all come, because it was a celebration and they wanted to be part of it.
On a smaller scale, when I was growing up, there were house parties, and there were "crashers", who showed up to have fun, not because they knew anyone. Or there were people who told people who told people. So there were people who didn't know the host, but knew some of the people there.
So, it's not "absurd". It's just different from what you are used to.
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NY shuts down 10,000 person wedding as Cuomo reveals new COVID-19 plan [View all]
groundloop
Oct 2020
OP
You can fit 10,000 people in an arena if they all sit down in rows
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2020
#17
My money is on that the son or daughter of one of the Hasidic Rebbes is getting married.
madaboutharry
Oct 2020
#16
how much do these kinds of events cost? 10K people? u would need an arena to hold that many people.
onetexan
Oct 2020
#73
Who's stupid enough to hold a 10,000 person event in the middle of a raging pandemic?
Initech
Oct 2020
#21
Oh yeah...the dude that was impeached that's still committing criminal acts!...
Illumination
Oct 2020
#24
Very interesting. The late Rabbi that knew my late father in law had many sons, & on holidays...
Hekate
Oct 2020
#78
The only people who have 10,000 wedding guests are mafia dons and Kardashians. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2020
#46
And Hasidic rebbes. The sect in the video are, I believe, Satmars, although their hats
marybourg
Oct 2020
#50