‘Covered in blisters’: China bride faces permanent scarring after wedding guests spray party streamers causing severe burns
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A bride in China who could be disfigured for the rest of her life because of severe burns inflicted by party streamers, has evoked sympathy and ignited an online debate about extreme wedding customs.
The young woman, from Taizhou in Zhejiang province, southeastern China, whose name has not been revealed, can be seen in videos she shared on social media.
On December 23, she posted several joyful photos of herself with her groom, and received a flurry of good wishes from online observers.
But four days later in other videos and photos, she was seen with her face bandaged and with prominent black marks on her eyebrows and cheeks.
The bride revealed to curious and shocked online viewers that the drastic change in her appearance was the result of being burned by “gas-charged streamers” during her wedding celebrations.
One video of the big day shows her emerging from the wedding car dressed in a traditional red Chinese bridal gown and smiling initially, until she was engulfed in streamers, which made it difficult for her to move.