Musali Mohammed Al-Mujamaie of Iraq, who isafatherof 16 children, married a woman, 70years his junior.
Al-Mujamaie, got married to the22-year-old
woman in a ceremony on Thursday at hishome in the village of Gubban near Baghdad.
The elaborate ceremony continued for fourhours and included music and danceperformances and celebratory gunfire.
The
grandfather was not the only one who gotmarried that night at his
house, he shared hisspecial night with two of his grandchildren,aged 16
and 17. The two got married duringthe ceremony alongside their
grandfather.
Al-Mujamaie said that this special day had beena
long-awaited event as the wedding of his grandchildren
had been postponed
severaltimes so they can get married the same time ashim.
“I am very happy to get married with mygrandchildren, and I feel like a 20-year-oldagain,” Al-Mujamaie said.
Al-Mujamaie
had raised his 16 children in hishometown of Gubban with his first
wife. Hisfirst wife, who died three years ago, had beenwith him for 58
years.
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