Mexican mayor "marry" crocodile, residents of small town attended the wedding carnival!

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

According to Reuters, on June 30, local time, a small fishing village in Vahaka, Mexico held a strange wedding. The groom is Victor Hugo Sosa, the mayor of St. Pedrovamella, the bride is actually a crocodile. In order to pray for the harvest of fishermen, the mayor and the crocodile "marriage" is a traditional ritual.

The mayor and the crocodile held a "wedding" (source: source: video screenshot)

The video showed that Sasa, who was wearing a traditional dress, first appeared on the local street holding the crocodile "bride", and then entered the government affairs department. The sound of music sounded, and in the cluster of people, Sasa danced with the little crocodile. It can be seen in the video that the little crocodile was carefully dressed, wrapped in a white wedding dress, and the neck was surrounded by flowers and veils.

During the ceremony, Sosa bent down, put his mouth on the nose of the little crocodile, and kissed the "bride" affectionately, and cheered the crowd.

The mayor kissed the "bride" (source: source: video screenshot)

According to reports, Vahaka is located in the south of Mexican, and Santa Pedrovamella is a small fishing village along the Pacific coast, using fishing as the industry. This town also retains Mexico's richest indigenous culture, including some very old languages ​​and traditions. Marrying a crocodile is one of them, mainly to pray to nature for enough rain and enough food, so that local fishermen have a good harvest.

The female little crocodile, which was selected with the local leader, was 7 years old and was called "Little Princess". It was also regarded by the locals as gods.

However, in the ceremony, in order to avoid being bitten, the little crocodile's mouth was tied up in advance. The wedding ceremony brought a lot of joy to the locals. When the locals took the crocodile "bride" to the street, the men wielded their hats to celebrate.

There is also a "Eye" in this ritual. Elia Eidel Agilla organized a wedding. Agilla said that he was honored to be commissioned to host the ceremony. "This is a very beautiful tradition." Agilla said with a smile that she also spent a long time preparing the "bride" clothes.

According to reports, this ceremony continued for several centuries and absorbed some traditions of Catholicism. For example, small crocodiles generally wore white wedding dresses or other colorful clothing.

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