A mayor in Mexico has married a feminine alligator-like animal in a standard ceremony which is believed to convey success to his folks.

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 mentioned the pair "loved each other".

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

Mr Sosa mentioned 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 pinnacle.

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 woman, in a union of the 2 communities.

Caimans reside 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 certain shut so there are not any 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 along 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 informed the AFP information company.

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