Mexican Mayor Weds ‘Princess’ Alligator in Centuries-Old Traditional for Good Fortune
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July 1, 2022
 Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa of the small Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula ceremonially married an alligator on Thursday. The mayor happily obliged repeated requests from the crowd to kiss his blushing bride.
San Pedro Huamelula has been practicing the alligator wedding ritual for centuries, tracing the tradition back to the indigenous Chontal and Huave peoples.
The village is located in Oaxaca state on the Pacific coast, a poor region of southern Mexico with a large population of indigenous residents. Wedding celebrants sing, dance, and implore the âlittle princessâ alligator chosen as a ceremonial bride to bless them with good fishing and weather.
…The âgodmotherâ of this yearâs wedding, Elia Edith Aguilar, said the ceremony gives her âso much happiness and makes me proud of my roots.â
âIt is a privilege to be the godmother. Very few people can do it,â she said, noting that one of her most important responsibilities is arranging a gown for the literal bridezilla.
The bride wore white, if anyone was wondering, although she was also outfitted with a perky tropical print dress. She made time to dance with just about everyone in the village, but on the other hand, alligators are notoriously poor at tossing their garters.
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By David Propper
July 3, 2022
Itâs the mayor and the gator united in blissful matrimony.
A small-village Mexican mayor married an alligator bride in a ceremony that dates back centuries Thursday in hopes of bringing good fortune to his fishing community.
San Pedro Huamelula Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa bent down to kiss the reptile more than once while the alligatorâs snout was tied shut during Thursdayâs jubilant ceremony where trumpets and drums played.
The 7-year-old gator, called little princess, is seen as a deity that represents nature. Her marriage to a local leader symbolizes humans connecting with the divine.
The alligator was carried by locals through village streets as men fanned it with their hats.
The colorful ceremony is part of a ritual that can likely be traced back centuries to pre-Hispanic times in the state of Oaxacaâs Chontal and Huave indigenous communities. The fishing village is part of Oaxaca on the Pacific coast.
âWe ask nature for enough rain, for enough food, that we have fish in the river,â said Sosa.
The tradition that is now mixed with Catholic spirituality involves putting the alligator or caiman in a white wedding dress and other color items of clothing. Many groups in southern Mexico have held onto their rich indigenous culture.
Elia Edith Aguilar, known as the godmother who put the event together, said the ceremony gives her âso much happinessâ even as she worried about what the alligator would wear.
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