ALL WEDDINGS CANCELLED UNTIL NEW YEAR?
Lragir
Oct 26 2007
Armenia
According to the NKR Statistics Service, weddings over the past three
quarters were fewer by 100 compared with the same period of the past
year. At the same time, the birth rate has gone up while the rate
of death is down. There is no need for sophisticated sociological
analyses to answer the question how it happened. In the beginning of
the year Bako Sahakyan, still a presidential candidate, pledged 300
thousand drams to each young couple on marriage. As a president Bako
Sahakyan kept his promise. The prime minister has already stated that
the sum will be allocated for next year. After January 1. Therefore,
young people have put off their desires. There have been cases when
the bride and the groom withdrew their application for registering
their marriage. In fact, numerous wedding salons and restaurants
suffered. Usually it is impossible to hire a hall for wedding in
September and October, now it is not a problem. Dresses can be hired
for a smaller pay. Never mind. Everything will be fine after January
1. Only the budget needs to prepare to be able to supply the demand
in wedding presents.