By India Today World Desk: Victor Hugo Sosa, the mayor of a city — San Pedro Huamelula — in southern Mexico, married a feminine crocodile in a conventional ceremony believed to carry luck. The reptile, a caiman, represents the “princess girl” in native lore.
“I accept responsibility because we love each other. That is what is important. You can’t have a marriage without love… I yield to marriage with the princess girl,” Sosa stated through the ritual, as quoted by information company AFP.
Victor Hugo Sosa, Mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, married a crocodile referred to as “La Niña Princesa” (“The Princess Girl”) in an historic ritual (AFP picture)
This marriage ritual has been practiced for 230 years to commemorate the peace between the Chontal and Huave Indigenous teams. The mayor, embodying the Chontal king, weds the reptile, symbolising the union of the 2 cultures.
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The marriage ceremony ceremony permits the communities to attach with earth and search blessings for rain, crop germination, and concord. “The wedding allows the sides to link with what is the emblem of Mother Earth, asking the all-powerful for rain, the germination of the seed, all those things that are peace and harmony for the Chontal man,” Jaime Zarate, chronicler of San Pedro Huamelula, defined, as per AFP’s report.
The mayor of Mexico’s San Pedro Huamelula married a crocodile as a part of a ritual to usher in harvest pic.twitter.com/JYByIWYbRb
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Prior to the ceremony, the reptile is taken to folks’s homes for dancing. The crocodile wears elaborate apparel and has its snout certain shut for security. The marriage ceremony takes place on the city corridor, the place a neighborhood fisherman expresses hopes for good fishing and prosperity.
The mayor dances with the reptile bride, and the occasion celebrates the union of cultures, bringing happiness to the folks. The ceremony concludes with the mayor planting a kiss on the reptile’s snout.
