Mexico: Mayor marries alligator-like reptile who he calls ‘princess lady’

A mayor in Mexico has married a feminine alligator-like animal in a conventional ceremony which is believed to deliver luck to his individuals.

Victor Hugo Sosa wed the caiman reptile referred to as Alicia Adriana as he re-enacted an ancestral ritual.

Local lore, or custom, calls the creature the “princess girl” and the mayor stated the pair “loved each other”.

Onlookers clapped and danced in San Pedro Huamelula, a city of indigenous Chontal individuals in Oaxaca state, southern Mexico, as they entered into holy matrimony.

Mr Sosa stated throughout the ritual: “I settle for accountability as a result of we love one another. That is what’s essential.

“You can’t have a marriage without love… I yield to marriage with the princess girl.”

He was pictured kissing the animal on the top.

Marriage between a person and a feminine caiman has taken place there for 230 years to commemorate the peace between the Chontal and Huave indigenous teams.

The mayor, representing the Chontal king, marries the reptile, symbolising a Huave princess lady, in a union of the 2 communities.

Caimans stay in marshes and are endemic in Mexico and central America.

Before the ceremony, the animal is carried from home to accommodate so locals can maintain her and dance.

The reptile wears a inexperienced skirt, a vibrant hand-embroidered tunic and a headdress of ribbons and sequins.

Her snout is sure shut so there are no pre-marital mishaps.

She is later wearing a white bride’s costume and brought to the native city corridor for the marriage.

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After the occasion, the mayor danced together with his bride to the sounds of conventional music.

“We are happy because we celebrate the union of two cultures. People are content,” Mr Sosa instructed the AFP news company.