Wedding party saves Moroccan villagers from earthquake

A wedding party saved all the people of a Moroccan village during Friday's deadly earthquake, which destroyed their stone and mud-brick houses, while they were enjoying traditional music in an outdoor courtyard.

The marriage of Habiba Ajdir, 22, and Mohammed Boudad, 30, an apple farmer, was due to take place in his village of Kettou on Saturday, but according to custom the bride's family organized a party the night before the wedding.

A video filmed by a guest showed the moment the 6.8 earthquake struck, with images of musicians in traditional clothing playing flutes and goatskin drums in hand, suddenly giving way to chaos, darkness and screaming.

Standing by his wife's side on Tuesday and still wearing his wedding clothes nearly four days after the earthquake buried their possessions in the rubble, Boudad said he was shaking with fear.

The earthquake was Morocco's deadliest since 1960, killing more than 2,900 people, mostly in remote settlements in the High Atlas mountain range south of Marrakech./ CNA

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