By Harold Ricardo de Dios Escalante
XMATKUIL.- Official reports announced that more than 565 Yucatecan couples They met at the Feria Xmatkuil 2025 for collective weddings. These numbers exceeded what the authorities expected.
As a result of the large number of people who gathered in the Feria Xmatkuil to attend the collective weddings, the event suffered a delay, without this causing anger for the attendees, who livened up the meeting with romantic songs which they were allowed to listen to while waiting for the start.
As is usually the case, some of the couples who They said “yes” They arrived accompanied by their children. Jokingly, a couple commented “it was to see if we could stand it,” justifying why it took them so long to get married.
Couples and their clothing
Couples in wheelchairs were even observed, others who were already in the senior range. The clothing was also varied, several women arrived with their traditional white dressand others with traditional clothing, the huipil, while the men in black shirts and traditional Yucatecan clothing wearing guayaberas.
Men were also seen buying flowers for their future wives.
Time to say “yes”
Once all the corresponding authorities were present, the protocol began, celebrating and congratulating the couples who made this decision.
Accompanied by a small toast and to the rhythm of the authorities, the “I declare you legally married” was said, at which time the couples stood up and kissed each other, sealing this moment.
There was a raffle 10 honeymoon packages and an air fryerfor couples who attended weddings.
Official statement of the collective weddings
After 50 years of sharing happy moments, difficulties overcome, children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, Micaela Nah Couoh y Santos Aurelio López Estrella They said “yes”, along with 564 other couples who decided to give legal certainty to their relationship during the Mayan Renaissance Weddings 2025having as honorary witness the Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena.
Díaz Mena, accompanied by his wife, the Honorary President of the System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family (DIF) Yucatan, Wendy Meal Naal, witnessed the moment in which couples from 91 municipalities They got married through this scheme, with which the State Government provides support and free procedures for the formalization of their union.
In an atmosphere of celebration, hope and love, Micaela and Santos Aurelio, natives of the municipality of Cacalchéncelebrated their marriage in a ceremony held within the framework of the Yucatán International Fair Xmatkuil 2025.
The newlyweds expressed their excitement at taking this important step in their life as a couple, since, in the more than five decades they have been together, they had not been able to because they could not find the right time or the money to pay for the process.
“It’s not that we didn’t want to get married, it’s that we couldn’t. We met young and had seven children, that’s why we couldn’t get married until now,” Micaela said.
The beneficiary of the Mayan Renaissance Weddings He pointed out that they never imagined that, after so much time, She is 67 years old and he is 73 years old.they could celebrate their wedding.
In his message, the governor stated that the Mayan Renaissance Weddings scheme is part of an effort that covers the entire territory of the state and that seeks to ensure that families have certainty about their heritage and their future.
For this reason, their state administration accompanies them in this step that, in addition to strengthening family coexistence, also benefits their children and all their relatives.
“We lived together in a moment that marks the beginning of a new story for hundreds of couples who had expected legal certainty, property security and institutional support that would give them peace of mind. They already have that support because the transformation we are promoting is made so that the people of Yucatan live with more dignity and with more opportunities,” said the state president.
The head of the state Executive congratulated the newlyweds, as they demonstrate that Yucatecan families are built with respect, affection and with the courageous decision to unite their lives.
“This moment that you are sharing with us touches the hearts of all of Yucatan, because it is a reminder that love, when it is true, always seeks to grow, protect and build. Many of you have already shared part of your life together, you have raised children, you have overcome difficulties, but today, by signing that commitment, you give your love the legal certainty that it has long deserved,” highlighted Díaz Mena.
In turn, the Legal Counsel, Gaspar Alemañy Ortiz, highlighted the governor’s conviction Joaquin Diaz Mena to promote the Renaissance Weddings program, which puts Yucatecan families at the center, since their marriage certificate is a document that provides them with guarantees, legal certainty, opens doors for them and places their common life project on firm bases.
At the event they were Guadalupe del Socorro Erosa Mena y Efraín Ignacio Rivadeneyra Cano, married couple from the municipality of San Felipe; the director of the Civil Registry, Jorge Carlos de María Ramírez Granados; the president of the Board of Directors of the State Congress, Alejandro Cuevas Mena; the judge representing the State Judicial Branch, Sofia Elena Cámara Gamboa; the senator Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín; the ambassador of the Fair, Yes Elizabeth Paredes Villalobos; the official of the Civil Registry number 1 of the municipality of Tahdziú, Mayda Magali Puc Dzib; the director of the Yucatán Fair Promoter Institute (IPFY), Alberto Basulto Soberanis; the president of the Government and Political Coordination Board of the State Congress, Wilmer Monforte Marfil; and the federal deputy Oscar Brito Zapata.