Mexican mayor marrying the crocodile pray for the wind and the wind is smooth, the public requires: kiss

According to Reuters reported on July 2, the mayor of a Mexican town held a colorful wedding with his crocodile "bride": accompanied by traditional music, the participating people danced while asking the town commander to use one Kiss to confirm this marriage. Locals believe that the marriage of residents and crocodiles can bring well -being to the village.

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At the wedding held last Thursday, the mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, Victor Hugo Sosa He bent down and put his lips on the nose of the little crocodile. And the upper and lower jaws of this crocodile are obviously avoiding unnecessary damage.

It is reported that in Vahaka's Chontal and Huave Aboriginal communities, this marriage ceremony may be traced back to the Spanish colonial era a few centuries ago, representing the grace of nature.

The mayor Sosa said: "We pray to nature enough rain, enough food, so that there are fish in the river."

It is reported that Vahaka is located in the poverty southern region of Mexico. It can be said to be the most abundant place in the country's aboriginal culture, and it is also the home where many Aboriginal people maintain their language and traditional groups.

In the town of St. Pedrovamella, this ancient ritual is now combined with Catholicism, including wearing white wedding dresses and colored clothes for crocodiles or Kaymen crocodiles.

It is reported that the "bride" of this wedding is a seven -year -old crocodile, known as the little princess, and is considered a god representing the mother of the earth. The marriage between the crocodile and the leader of the local resident symbolizes the combination of gods and humans.

With the sound of the horn and drum sound, the locals walked through the village with the crocodile "bride", and the men fanned it with a hat.

"It gave me a lot of happiness and made me proud of my ancestral heritage," said Elia Edith Aguilar, who organized this wedding, said that the entrusted hosting ceremony made her feel I am honored and said that she spent a lot of time to worry about what clothes "bride" wore. "This is a very beautiful tradition," she said.

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