Frog wedding

People living in a remote village in Takhatpur, India have just married a couple of frogs, hoping that God will bring rain.

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The village in India is facing severe drought, so the villagers have performed the ancient rain rite ceremony: a wedding for frogs. The image is a ceremonial ceremony for a married couple to kiss the wedding vow.

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Most villagers, especially children, are eager to gather to watch the frog wedding.

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The frogs will be sprayed with orange powder on their heads and colorful flowers with a candle in front for wedding photos. Some localities in India, frogs are considered to have special strength because they can feel the rain coming.

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The Indian woman was wearing this country's traditional costume for the frog couple during the wedding, which was a red sleeveless robe and a scarf on her neck.

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After the wedding ended, ie the prayer of the villagers' rain gods was completed, the villagers would release the frog couple in a nearby river, so they could enjoy their honeymoon.

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Not only did the wedding ceremony for frogs, the people in India also organized weddings for donkeys and buffaloes to pray for rain.