
29 year old triplets, Rafaela, Rochele and Tagiane Bini from
Passo Fundo, southern Brazil, tied the knot same day at the
same ceremony, wore the same wedding dress, as well as hair
style and make up and confused not just their guests but also
their grooms who also looked strikingly similar.
The only way guests could distinguish one bride from the other
at the ceremony on Saturday was the different colour of bouquet
they carried. Even the grooms - Rafael, Gabriel & Eduardo, said
they had worried they might mix up their wives-to-be when it
came to exchanging vows. One of the grooms, Rafael, who
married Rafaela, told how the girls sometimes deliberately
confused their fiances.
He said
'There was a time when we were all in the kitchen
making dinner. So Rochele, who is Gabriel's, was doing
stuff at the sink, and Rafaela was at the stove. We were
there chatting and they changed places. I went behind to
hug her, and said "oops" when I realised I'd got the
wrong girl.'
The girls explained how they all went together to get their hair
and make-up done with the intention of looking different.
But, said Rochele, 'We tried a number of styles, but we all liked
the same one. It's not even worth trying, it always ends up like
that.'
Their parents, Pedro and Salete, already had one daughter,
Liziele, when they decided to increase the family - but never
imagined three more girls would come at once.
Mother Salete fainted when she was told she was expecting
triplets, according to the girls.
Rafaela was the first to find her future husband, Rafael, ten
years ago while studying at university. A year later, Rochele got
together with Gabriel.
It was parents Pedro and Salete who suggested the girls all get
married together after Tagiane also got engaged to Eduardo.
The only dilemma for Pedro, a farmer, was how he would walk
all three daughters down the aisle at once.
He said: 'We decided that we would all walk down the aisle until
half way down the church. From there, I would take one at a
time.'
The first to be taken to the altar by their father was Tagiane, who
was the first to be born. She remembered: 'I tried to hold back
my emotion, but I couldn't. To see my dad there, at that
moment, was a feeling I can't explain.'
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