Shock video of China bride taped to phone pole reignites debate over vulgar wedding hazing
Centuries-old custom to settle big day nerves degenerates into displays of ritual humiliation
Harrowing images of a bride in China who was taped to a telephone pole by several friends as part of a game on her wedding day have sparked an online debate about vulgar marriage customs.
On September 23, a viral video from Shanxi province in northern China, showed several men binding a bride in traditional Chinese wedding attire to a phone pole with tape.
She cries out for help and tries to escape, but no one intervenes.
A friend of the bridegroom, surnamed Yang, told Fengmian News that the men were the groom’s childhood friends.
Yang added that the “game” had been agreed upon by the couple beforehand.
“Making a bit of a scene at weddings is our local custom, all among good friends. There was no harm done,” he said.
