Argentines celebrated their marriage on the Internet (illustration). - Frank Winkler

Love stronger than the virus. Diego Aspitia and Sofia Cuggino, an Argentinian couple, were to be married on March 26 in church and to party with 400 guests two days later. But the total confinement decreed in the country forced them to celebrate their marriage ... On the Internet.

“Marriage is one of the most important events in the life of a human being. It was not easy to tell us that we had to give it up. But we have left aside our dream (…) for the common good, ”Diego, 42, employed in a drugstore in Cordoba, about 700 km northwest of the capital Buenos Aires, told AFP.

VIDEO: Diego Aspitia and Sofia Cuggino hold their wedding on a video call with friends, an official, and religious leaders in Cordoba city, while live-streaming the ceremony on social media, after Argentina imposed a mandatory lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID- 19 pic.twitter.com/H92aXenK7W

- AFP news agency (@AFP) March 24, 2020

Ceremony followed by videoconference

While general confinement took effect last Friday, the ceremony finally took place the next day, virtually so. Neighbors provided wifi because the couple, recently installed in their new home, did not yet have it. Two members of the evangelical community to which they belong celebrated the ceremony by videoconference and the 400 guests attended it via Facebook or Instagram.

"There were no party favors, there was no wedding dinner, there was no dress (…) but the wedding took place", rejoices Sofia, 32, Professor of Agronomy at the University of Cordoba. "The party will take place later because we all want to kiss, laugh, look each other in the eyes and share a mate with the guests," she explains, referring to the traditional Argentine drink.

The containment measure must last at least until March 31. According to official figures, the coronavirus affected 266 people in Argentina, four of whom died.

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