Fascinated by Tamil customs and culture, a Japanese couple, Chiharu Obata and Yuto Ninaga, decided to get married in Madurai, Tamil Nadu with help of Tamil friends. The couple tied the nuptial knot on 31 December 2017. Vinodhini and her husband, Venkatesh, who are currently residing in Tokyo, hail from Madurai and they made all arrangements for the couple to get married. Parents of Chiharu, brothers, and sister in law of Yuto were also present during the wedding ceremony. As per reports, the couple had registered their marriage in April 2017 in their home nation but their love for Tamil brought them to Madurai to get married as per Tamil customs. “Tamilila enakku ellame pidikum (I love everything in Tamil),” she told The News Minute.
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From exchanging the vows in Tamil to taking the ‘sathapathi’ (seven rounds) around the fire, the wedding was done in the traditional way. This is not all, they also had their wedding cards printed in Tamil. “Many people in Japan desist from marrying the traditional way. Some get married in a church but we decided to do it here. Both sides of the family barely needed any convincing. I’m really happy today,” Obata told The Hindu. Check out the video of their wedding:
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“I feel bit nervous and had not been to such rituals. But my wife has been here and participated in all family functions and events in Tamil Nadu,” Yuto told Times of India. When asked about his wedding attire he stated: “I have seen such attires in Tamil movies where actors Dhanush and Vijay wearing them. I am getting used to Tamil culture and things”.
Chiharu, who works as a software professional in an aviation company at Tokyo, decided to do a research in linguistics as she thought Tamil was very close to the Japanese language. She started her research to find the connection between the two back in 2013. She came to Tamil Nadu and learned Tamil as well. Chiharu’s father revealed that he was very excited for the wedding in Tamil style. “We are very happy to be in Madurai. We liked all the rituals and food as well”, he said. What are your views on the same? Let us know in the comments below.