Ex-LTTE Rebel Couples Married at a Mass Wedding Ceremony

Former Tamil rebel fighters who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force walk to married ceremony as Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Former Tamil rebel fighters Nadarasa Sukirtha(L) and her groom Jerimbanadan Verman who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force, married ceremony during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A woman walks under the wedding decoration during the former Tamil rebel fighters mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former female Tamil rebel fighter, Premarathnam Suganthini (C), 19 years old, looks over to other former female rebels as they are dressed ahead of a wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel fighters Nadarasa Sukirtha(L) and her groom Jerimbanadan Verman who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force, married ceremony during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel fighters Nadarasa Sukirtha(L) and her groom Jerimbanadan Verman who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force, married ceremony during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former female Tamil rebel fighter, Premarathnam Suganthini (C), 19 years old, looks over to other former female rebels as they are dressed ahead of a wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel female fighter Premarathnam Sugandhini, 19 years old who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force walk to married ceremony as Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel fighters Jerimbanadan Verman(L)  and his bride Nadarasa Sukirtha, Murughaiya shashikumar(C) and his bride Jayarasa Merry Babila, ethnic Sinhalese military member  J.H.N. Rathnayake (R) and his bride former Tamil rebel fighter  Premarathnam Sugandhini pose group photograph during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former female Tamil rebel, Premarathnam Suganthini, 19 years old,  (2nd L), hold bride bouquet waits with her relatives to attend the 'poruwa ceremony' during her wedding during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel fighter Murughaiya shashikumar(R) and his bride Jayarasa Merry Babila during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

An ethnic Sinhalese military member  J.H.N. Rathnayake (L) and his bride former Tamil rebel fighter  Premarathnam Sugandhini pose photograph during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Ethnic Sinhalese wedding custom during the former Tamil rebel fighters mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)aption

Former Tamil rebel fighters Jerimbanadan Verman(L)  and his bride Nadarasa Sukirtha talk with Sri Lankan president son as parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa(R)  during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Former Tamil rebel female fighter Premarathnam sugandhini 19 years old who have been rehabilitated by the Sri Lankan Civil Defence Force walk to married ceremony as Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the mass wedding ceremony at the Civil Defence Force military camp on September 18,2013 in Vishwamadu, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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