SAO PAULO: Guests at a wedding in southern Brazil might have thought they had had too much soda to drink, but they were not seeing triple. There were indeed three identical brides.
Triplets Rafaela, Rochele and Tagiane Bini were married on recently in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in a joint ceremony, fulfilling their childhood dream of walking down the aisle together.
The 29-year-old sisters appeared in the same white mermaid gown, with identical hairstyles and matching veils. The only distinction was the color of their bouquets.
The trio has done everything together since they were young, and dreamed of getting married on the same day.
Their father was beaming as he gave them away.
“We walked together to the middle of the aisle and from there, I walked each one down the aisle individually,” said their proud father Pedro.
The brides spent six hours at the salon getting hair and makeup done. A few styles were tested, but the vote on the final look — a low, pulled back bun — was unanimous.
There were 18 groomsmen in attendance, each wearing different colors depending on which wedding party they were with.
Identical Brazilian triplets say ‘I do’ — together
Identical Brazilian triplets say ‘I do’ — together
Vietnam police find frozen tiger bodies, arrest two men
Vietnamese police have found two dead tigers inside freezers in a man’s basement, arresting him and another for illicit trade in the endangered animal, the force said Saturday.
The Southeast Asian country is a consumption hub and popular trading route for illegal animal products, including tiger bones which are used in traditional medicine.
Police in Thanh Hoa province, south of the capital Hanoi, said they had found the frozen bodies ot two adult tigers, weighing about 400 kilograms (882 pounds) in total, in the basement of 52-year-old man Hoang Dinh Dat.
In a statement posted online, police said the man told officers he had bought the animals for two billion dong ($77,000), identifying the seller as 31-year-old Nguyen Doan Son.
Both had been arrested earlier this week, police said.
According to the statement, the buyer had equipment to produce so-called tiger bone glue, a sticky substance believed to heal skeletal ailments.
Tigers used to roam Vietnam’s forests, but have now disappeared almost entirely.
