Posted on 07/04/2017 9:12:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Mexican mayor married a crocodile this weekend to bring abundance to the town he leads.
The tradition dates back hundreds of years in the town of San Pedro Huamelula, in southern Mexico.
The reptile bride, dressed in white and with a flower crown on its head, is paraded around town to music before a ceremony takes place.
The ceremony symbolizes the union of two indigenous groups, the Chontales and the Huaves (also known as the Mareños).
The two lived in conflict in pre-Hispanic times, when the Huaves arrived to the land where the Chontales lived on the Pacific Coast, news agency EFE reports. They both claimed to have the power to bring good luck to the harvest.
According to the legend, conflict between the groups ended when the son of the king of the Chontales and the daughter of the king of the Huales fell in love and eventually got married, local media reports.
These days, the mayor of San Pedro Huamelula represents the prince of the Chontales and the reptile crocodile is the princess of the Huale people.
“The Mareños call [the crocodile] a ‘princess,’ and the role I play is being the husband to the princess,” said Mayor Victor Aguilar.
After the ceremony, there’s more music and dancing, including a dance between reptile and groom.
The wedding is part of festivities in honor of Saint Peter, the town’s patron saint.
If times get tough, he can sell a little of his wife’s tail.
Will there be crocodile tears if there is death in the family?
MEXICO needs JESUS.
It’s a tradition going back centuries.
I think she’s too young to get married.
I’ve done that. So have several of my friends.
Pedo!!
[It’s a tradition going back centuries.]
So were the traditional ritual sacrifices that were made to appease their god. They need JESUS.
What you’re not getting is that he isn’t actually marrying a crocodile.
It’s symbolic.
[It’s symbolic]
Symbolic of what?
If you read past the headline you would know what it’s symbolic of.
I read the article. These ‘traditions’ a much like the ones in New Orleans - all stem from dark belief systems. It is a creepy tradition.
People just don’t respect the institution anymore.
It’s been going on for 100s of years.
This gives “until death do us part,” a whole new meaning.
See ya later, alligator!
In a while, crocodile!
I think this story is a crock. /sarc
Is it just symbolic, or is it a legally binding “marriage”, as official as the gay ceremonies we are required by law to pretend are real.
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