The Mexican mayor who married a lizard

The mayor of the municipality of San Pedro Huamelulas, Mexico, says that he carried out this ceremony following the tradition that dates back to pre-Columbian times.

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Its about Mayor Víctor Hugo Sosa, who, as part of an indigenous ritual, joined in holy matrimony with a female lizard.

In the region, this tradition has been fulfilled for more than 230 years, each mayor of the municipality must marry the lizard princess Alicia Rubí in order to commemorate the day that the two ethnic groups joined in a wedding.

“It is the culture of the Huaves and the Chontales, it is a marriage between the lizard princess and her servant, this in order that there be abundance in our municipality,” the mayor explained to the local media.

(You might be interested in: The ‘almost perfect’ crime that was solved because a shark threw up an arm.)In the ceremony, the lizard princess is dressed in a white suit and is presented at the municipal palace to marry the mayor.

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