Monkey Wedding in India – Funny Wedding Story

A wedding ceremony has been organized for two monkeys in India.  It is funny!  It is not a joke. You can see the pictures on BBC.

3,000 villagers from the region have attended the elaborate Hindu wedding ceremony!

The bride was dressed in a five-metre long sari and decked in flowers. The “groom”, a three-year-old male monkey named Manu, was taken by

procession to a temple in the company of hundreds of bemused onlookers, accompanied by loud music, dancing and fireworks.

The guests were served a feast of fine local food. “I feel as if my own daughter is getting married. I cannot bear the thought that she would not be with us anymore,” Mamina, the woman who

has been looking after the female monkey said.

Monkeys are revered idols in Hindu mythology. But the couples that took in and “married” off the two monkeys in Orissa say they love them
as pets.

Women welcomed the groom with loud, synchronised ululations typical in a Hindu marriage while priests chanted sacred hymns.

“It was a unique experience for me. It was the first time I conducted a marriage between two animals. But I followed all the rituals that I
do in human marriages,” said Daitari Dash, the priest.

Women prepared the female monkey, named Jhumuri, as they would a human bride, draping her in a red sari and smearing her with sandalwood
paste.

The monkeys were showered with gifts by those present. They included a gold necklace for the bride, donated by a local businessman.

Mamina has been looking after Jhumuri since her husband found her at a local temple.

The male monkey, Manu, was found in a mango orchard in a neighboring village by a couple who raised it as their pet.

The two monkeys, who were kept in chains before the marriage, have now been released by their owners.

They have been spotted hanging out at the temple where the “marriage” took place.

A local villager, Mitrabhanu Dutta, said the event was a “nice way to release the monkeys from captivity”.

It is funny, isn’t it?  I will try to get hold of the wedding photographer to present you some of the images!