The mayor of a Mexican town tied the knot with a ‘princess girl’ caiman in a wedding dress named Alicia
‘You can’t have a marriage without love’: what the mayor of a small Mexican town said when he tied the knot with a ‘princess girl’ caiman in a wedding dress named Alicia
- Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, married reptilian Alicia Adriana
In what some would call an unlikely romantic match, a mayor of a small Mexican town and a “princess girl” caiman have tied the knot in a wedding dress.
Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of indigenous Chontal people in Mexico’s Tehuantepec Isthmus, explained “you can’t have a marriage without love” after saying “yes” to the reptile named Alicia Adriana.
As onlookers clapped and danced in celebration, the mayor and others embraced Alicia, who wore a floral headband, as part of the 230-year-old ancestral ritual.
The caiman, which resembles an alligator, appeared relaxed before marrying Mr. Sosa. The couple then change into their white costumes before the couple gets married.
San Pedro Huamelula mayor Victor Hugo Sosa kisses his ‘princess girl’ bride after they get married
Before the wedding ceremony, the mayor and caiman parade through the city
The caiman seemed quite relaxed when she married the mayor of the city
Sosa swore allegiance to what local lore calls “the princess girl.”
“I accept responsibility because we love each other. That’s what’s important. You can’t get married without love… I give in to marriage with the princess girl,’ he said during the ritual.
Marriage between a male and female caiman has been taking place in San Pedro Huamelula for 230 years to commemorate the day when two indigenous groups made peace – with marriage.
According to tradition, frictions were overcome when a Chontal king, now represented by the mayor, married a princess girl from the Huave Indigenous group, represented by the female alligator.
The wedding allows the parties to “connect with what is the emblem of Mother Earth, ask the almighty for rain, the germination of the seed, all those things that are peace and harmony to the Chontal man,” said Jaime Zarate, chronicler. from San Pedro Huamelula.
Before the wedding ceremony, the reptile is taken from house to house so that the residents can take her in their arms and dance.
Marriage between a male and a female caiman has been happening in San Pedro Huamelula for 230 years
During the service, the creature’s muzzle is tied shut to prevent any bits
Before the wedding ceremony, the reptile is taken from house to house so that the residents can take her in their arms and dance
The caiman is passed around the village members as part of the pre-wedding ritual
The alligator wears a green skirt, a colorful hand-embroidered tunic, and a headdress of ribbons and sequins. And the creature’s muzzle is tied shut to prevent pre-marital leftovers.
Later, she is dressed in a white bridal suit and taken to the town hall for the blessed event.
As part of the ritual, Joel Vasquez, a local fisherman, casts his net and expresses the hope that the marriage will bring “good fishing, so that there may be prosperity, balance, and ways of living in peace.”
After the wedding, the mayor dances with his bride to traditional music.
“We are happy because we celebrate the union of two cultures. People are happy,” Mr Sosa said.
As the dance ends, the king plants a kiss on the muzzle of the ‘princess girl’.