Polygamy and pageantry on display at a the IPHC church

The International Pentecostal Holiness Church in South Africa hosted a mass wedding on Easter Sunday, featuring 55 marriages, including polygamous unions. Evelyn Sekgalakane, who was marrying Lesiba Molala, walked down the aisle alongside his first wife, Shirley Molala, in a ceremony celebrating polygamy as a biblical practice. While such weddings are uncommon in South Africa, the church, recognized for officiating polygamous marriages, held the event amid vibrant festivities, concluding with a blessing from church leader Leonard Frederick G Modise.