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Couple Married in Waist-Deep Water in the Philippines

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Couple married in waist-deep water in the Philippines

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A wedding in the Philippines became viral after two young men decided to unite their destinies despite an unusual situation. Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico went to the altar even though the church in which the religious ceremony was to take place was flooded by torrential rains.

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A couple married the water to the waist in a flooded church in the Philippines, despite heavy rains affecting the province of Bulacán, north of Manila.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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A newlywed couple from the Philippine town of Hagonoy will no doubt never forget their wedding. Despite being advised to postpone the ceremony, they and other attendees waded through waist-deep water brought into the church by heavy flooding.

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Taken from the top, Leian Lieza Galang runs alone along the flooded aisle of the church of St. John the Baptist, in Hagonoy, in the Philippine province of Bulacan: in front of the altar, also immersed in the water, the groom Gilbert Chico awaits her. The couple celebrated the wedding on September 1st despite the parish advised to postpone the ceremony due to the floods caused by weeks of intense monsoon rains. To move more safely, the bride had …

·Turin, Italy
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The images of a marriage in the midst of a flooded church with floodwater have run the world in recent days. Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico decided to keep the ceremony in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Hagonoy, Philippines, even with the flood in the religious temple with water at the waist. The celebration brought together few relatives and friends on Tuesday (1st). The parish itself suggested that the marriage be postponed, but t…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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N Digital broke the news on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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