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Rajasthan villagers organise bovine 'marriage'
Sunday April 15, 2012 10:23:29 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: In a rare
'marriage', a cow tied the knot with a bull with pomp and show in
Rajasthan Saturday night. The event marked the culmination of
festivities which started with an engagement ceremony and
distribution of invites for the bovine alliance.
The 'marriage' function took place in Katkar village on the border
of Sawaimadhopur district and Karuli district, some 200 km from
state capital Jaipur.
The bull christened Vrishabh from Medi village 'wedded' cow
Parvati from Katkar village amid ceremonies and rituals akin to
human's tradition Hindu marraige. Both the animals are jointly
owned by residents of the two villages.
"We had made all the preparations. Marriage invitations had been
sent to hundreds of people. The priest had announced the wedding
date in the engagement ceremony organised earlier," Radharam Meena,
a resident of Medi village, told IANS.
"About 500 people from half a dozen nearby villages and local
politician participated in the event," Meena said.
Another villager Mohan Meena told IANS that Vrishabh was made to
wear jewellery and other fashion accessories to spruce up his
looks.
"Then a barat (wedding procession) from Vrishabh's village went to
Katkar village. No motorised transportation was used. The barat
was welcomed by the people from Parvati's village," he said.
What then followed were the usual trappings of a Hindu wedding,
including seven rounds of the holy fire and the marriage 'vows'
also knows nas the 'saptapadi'.
Parvati was then sent off to Medi village with the Vrishabh. "Some
villagers' eyes welle up while bidding adieu to Parvati. As per
the tradition, she would have to live with Vrishabh," said Mohan
Meena.
Villagers said that the wedding of a cow and a bull is considered
auspicious and is traditionally aimed at refinement in cattles'
breed.
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