Instant Marriage ala Alinti

Marriage clerk Alinti has presided over the weddings of more than 30,000 people in 24 years. He has been jailed a number of times because most of those he married were civil servants that violated the PP 10 regulation.

November 13, 2000

The two story, medium size white house appears ordinary. Grass grows wildly in the garden, leaving it unkempt. But this house in Siedang Village, Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, is full of the memories of tens of thousands of couples. Albums containing wedding pictures are evidence. The owner of the house is 59-year-old Mohamad Nur Alinti, who is a marriage clerk.

The house is well known in the area because Alinti is not your average marriage off

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