Valentine’s Day 2011: photos of mass weddings from around the Philippines!

February 14 is getting to be a popular date for mass weddings held throughout the country.  Here we compile various photographs we found throughout the ‘net of hundreds of Filipino couples choosing to say ‘I do’ on Valentine’s Day. 🙂

Wedding photographer Dino Lara parked at San Agustin church in Intramuros, Manila and learned there was an ongoing mass wedding.  Someone approached him and asked if he could shoot and cover the event.  He gladly obliged. 🙂 [source]

In Palawan, western Philippines, at least 150 couples defied the rain by getting married and planting mangrove trees at a ‘Love Affairs with Nature’ themed mass wedding. For better and for worse, Jojie Salminiano and his new wife Analyn were not deterred by the rain. REUTERS [source]

A newlywed couple, Joey Bayo, 24 and his wife Lea, 20, plant a mangrove tree after a mass wedding of the theme “Love affairs with Nature”, in San Jose town, Puerto Princesa, Palawan city, western Philippines on February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco [source]

Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) stand in prayer during a mass wedding inside the police headquarters in Manila February 14, 2011. Some 21 couples from the PNP were married for free in celebration of Valentine’s Day. [source]

Newlywed Filipino couples kiss during ceremonies at a mass wedding in the suburban city of Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines as they celebrate Valentine’s day on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. About 140 couples joined the mass wedding sponsored by local government officials. AP / Aaron Favila [source]

Please do let us know if you find any more interesting mass wedding photos that we could add in this post. 🙂