A mass wedding for Chinese couples at Khek Association in Peck Seah Street on Sept 17, 1955.

The trend of mass weddings in Singapore is said to have begun in the 1930s, so that couples from lower-income families could, among other things, pool their resources to hold celebrations without incurring huge expenses.

It continued into the 1970s and was said to be spearheaded mostly by travel operators, who fused these events with honeymoon packages to make them more attractive for newlyweds.

The number of mass weddings later began declining as people became more affluent and looked to more bespoke events. Mass weddings these days are now held for myriad factors, such as timing the happy occasion to coincide with an "auspicious" date.

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