'We love each other': Mayor marries alligator-like reptile who he calls 'princess girl'
Mr Sosa said during the ritual:"I accept responsibility because we love each other. That is what is important.He was pictured kissing the animal on the head.
Marriage between a man and a female caiman has taken place there for 230 years to commemorate the peace between the Chontal and Huave indigenous groups. The mayor, representing the Chontal king, marries the reptile, symbolising a Huave princess girl, in a union of the two communities.Image:Before the ceremony, the animal is carried from house to house so locals can hold her and dance.
The reptile wears a green skirt, a colourful hand-embroidered tunic and a headdress of ribbons and sequins.She is later dressed in a white bride's costume and taken to the local town hall for the wedding.
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