Mexican mayor weds crocodile

A mayor of a Mexican town has married a crocodile bride in an age-old ritual for prosperity.

He was also seen kissing the reptile, whose snout had been tied shut.

The seven-year-old crocodile, nicknamed ‘little princess’, is thought to represent a deity linked with mother earth. Her marriage to the local leader symbolises the joining of humans with the divine.

The tradition likely dates back centuries to Oaxaca state’s Chontal and Huave indigenous communities.

“It is the union of two cultures. The union of the Huaves and the Chontales,” Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa told reporters.

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