A video has been going viral on social media in which a groom was seen receiving an AK-47 rifle on his wedding.
The video is said to be from a Pakistani wedding where the mother-in-law of the groom gave the ‘unique’ gift to the groom as Shagun. The mother-in-law first caressed the groom and then someone handed her the rifle.
The groom and the mother-in-law were all smiles as she gifted him the lethal wedding gift and posed for the camera. The bride can be seen subtly giggling at her mother’s gesture.
It is notable that nobody in the video seemed to be surprised by the dangerous gift. The groom acted as it was a normal wedding gift, the bride also had a subtle smile on her face, neither surprised nor shocked, and the guests at the wedding were cheering the woman for the choice of the gift.
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— Adeel Ahsan (@syedadeelahsan) November 25, 2020
An AK-47 rifle does not sound like a very pleasant gift for a wedding but nothing seems abnormal when seen in the context of parody country Pakistan
Guns do have close relations with weddings in Pakistan and several other countries, including India. Guns are regularly fired in the air during weddings and other celebrations, which sometimes cause accidents, killing and injuring people.