INTERNATIONAL: And…for all singles out there, hold your breath, keep hoping for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love. Just be happy and be happy for our Peruvian four-legged friends, Yes, many of them tied the knot on Monday,February 14, in a massive dog wedding in Lima during the Valentine's Day celebrations.

Dressed in Andean-inspired clothing, Cynthia Ceballos' dogs were the winners of Lima's MatriCan - a play on Spanish words for "wedding" and "dog" , a local competition celebrating Valentine's Day by dressing dogs as if they were about to get married.

"I saw an Andean wedding and said, 'why can't I do the same with my little dogs," Ceballos has said. "We are a family from Cusco; we live from art. So I wanted to design typical clothes for my fur babies."

Mass weddings are common in Peru, especially on Valentine's Day, a way for Peruvians who cannot afford a wedding of their own to celebrate and also ensure their union is legally recognized. Mass dog weddings are just a twist on the tradition.

Some dogs were dressed in more conventional attire ,a bow tie for the dog groom, a white bell-shaped dress for the bride. Others were dressed in colourful, summery attire, fit for the hot season in the Southern Hemisphere. One owner even put a veil on one of the dogs.

The owners then helped their dogs sign their marriage papers by lifting their paws and pressing them on paper. In the end, the dogs and the owners all took a picture together.

"In this very special day, we have married eight dog couples," said Patricia Ballari, Lima's representative of parks services, the organizers of the event.