Oh yes, definitely. It's about two families. Lol. Like you once said, when two people get married, they're marrying a whole village.
In my culture, we invite the whole community. If you're a popular family, 400 guests usually attend the reception because your father and mother will invite friends and family whose children's wedding they've attended. It's a cycle because we give money as a wedding gift. It's like a favor being $60-$100 per person. There's usually 10 people at a table. So if I attend your family's wedding, you have to attend one of my family's wedding to repay us in return. That money is then used to pay for the wedding reception if enough guests attend. If you don't break even, it's fine because you had a wedding because you can afford it. But some make profits off it and pay off their wedding/ have some left over to begin life as a newly wed. The cycle begins again once the people who attended your wedding have children and grandchildren who are getting married. We have an account book with a list of names of those who attended and how much they gave as a wedding gift. The downside of it though is that strangers attend your wedding because it's not reserved, just a walk-in. Haha.