SAN PEDRO HUAMELULA: Town mayor Victor Aguilar got married to a crocodile in a symbolic ceremony to mark the local harvest tradition.

Mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a southern Mexican village, married the crocodile as part of a ritual which has been practiced by the Chontal Indians since 1789.

The ceremony is reckoned to bring plenty of harvest as well as fish, shrimp and other seafood to the fishermen of this village along the Pacific coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca state.

According to CNN, Mayor Victor Aguilar said "the Mareños call [the crocodile] a 'princess' and the role I play is being the husband to the princess."

After the ceremony, there's more music and dancing, including a dance between reptile and groom.

Prior to the ritual, the wedding participants walked with the crocodile bride through the town accompanied by band music. The ceremony was held at the town hall.

The town residents consider crocodile as a ?princess? whose happiness then brings peace and prosperity to their community.