Saneie Masilela originally married Helen Shabangu in 2013, but they renewed their vows this year to honour their ancestors.
This is Saneie Masilela and his bride, Helen Shabangu, at their second ritual marriage ceremony in Kildare Village, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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At nine-years-old, Saneie is the world's youngest groom. Helen is a 62-year-old married mother of five. She works at a recycling plant.
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The couple originally married in 2013 after Saneie claimed that his dead ancestors had instructed him to do so. They repeated their vows with a second ceremony this year, according to South African wedding tradition.
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Other villagers have called the wedding "sickening", but Saneie's mother, Patience, doesn't have a problem with it: "I know it’s what the ancestors wanted. If we hadn’t done what my son had asked then something bad would have happened in the family."
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