Many Wear Masks to Prevent Coronavirus During Wedding of 6,000 Couples in South Korea

Many Wear Masks to Prevent Coronavirus During Wedding of 6,000 Couples in South Korea

Nearly 6,000 couples promised /to be true /in sickness 病気and /in health /in a mass 大きなかたまりwedding Friday /in South Korea, and put their new vows 誓いimmediately ただちに、直接に/to the test as fears surrounding 囲む、周囲のthe coronavirus continue to surge.波のようにおしよせる、ゆれる(to surgeはどうゆう意味でしょうか)

Thousands /of brides and grooms,新郎 all members /of the Unification Church, tied the knot 結び目before a crowd(knotはどう訳しますか？) /of 30,000 in Gapyeong, a county /in the north /of the country, Agence France-Presse reported.

Some couples reportedly 伝えるところによるとwore face masks, as did those /in the audience, as they all joined together/ in a large crowd despite にも関わらずthe fact /that the contagious 伝染性のrespiratory 呼吸illness now known as COVID-19 has been spreading 開く、ひろげるsince December.

South Korea has 28 confirmed 確認されたcases /of coronavirus, and there are 45,206 cases worldwide.

The outbreak 発生、突発originated /in Wuhan, China, a major transportation hub, and has since been declared宣言した、申告した a public health emergency 非常時、緊急/by the World Health Organization.組織

Seoul, the capital/ of South Korea, has reportedly barred 禁止entry /to foreigners /who have recently traveled /to Wuhan, and the country has been canceling 取り消すfestivals and concerts as a precautionary 予防のmeasure.測る、測定する

Bride Choi Ji-young, 21, told AFP /that while she did have some fears 恐れabout the virus, she wasn’t too worried.

“It would be a lie if I said I was not concerned at all about the infection,感染” she said. “But I feel like I will be protected 保護するfrom the virus today.”

Church follower Evelyne Chimfwembe, who traveled with her husband from Botswana /to attend, said similar, telling AFP /that she was not concerned 心配しているabout the virus because the event was “under God’s control.”

Mass weddings are a signature /of the Unification Church, which was founded /in 1954 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a Korean evangelist 副音書記者and businessman.

Moon saw himself as the man responsible 責任者/for fulfilling 充実Jesus’s unaccomplished 未達成task(ここのfor〜がうまく理解できませんでした。) /of purifying 浄化mankind 人類(purifying mankindがどうつなげていいのかわかりません。)by marrying and having children, and wanted /to “restore 戻すhumankind /to a state /of perfection 完璧/by producing sinless 罪のないchildren, and by blessing couples /who would produce them,” The New York Times reported -/in his 2012 obituary.死亡記事

His followers, called “Moonies,” are matched by the church, often marrying within 以内にdays or weeks /of meeting each other, and must confirm they are virgins, and agree /to refrain 控えるfrom sexual activity /for at least 40 days after getting married, according to AFP.

Similar mass weddings have taken place /in the United States, like in 1982 when 2,075 couples married /in the same ceremony at Madison Square Garden, the Times reported.