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Two pigs 'tie the knot'
05/02/2007 14:24 - (SA)
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| Two pigs, named "Fu Ke" and "Pu Pu," are carried by their masters after their "wedding" ceremony at Tungshan, Taiwan. (AFP)
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Taipei - Two pigs wearing tailor-made wedding outfits "tied the knot" on Monday in a ceremony attracting hundreds of well-wishers at a small town in northeastern Taiwan.
The "bridegroom," an 18 kg boar, and his "bride," an 11 kg pig, were wed in a lavish ceremony presided over by local magistrate Lu Kuo-hwa.
"They will live happily ever after," said Hsu Wen-chuan, owner of the farm in Ilan where the boar has been raised since its birth in December 2005.
The "couple" received blessings from the father of a nearby Catholic Church and around 400 well-wishers.
Each well-wisher gave a gift of 100 Taiwan dollars (R21) in cash, and all the money raised will be used to help purchase a new van for a church-affiliated house for handicapped children, Hsu said.
The charity event attracted attention here as people in Taiwan are ready to welcome the Year of Pig which begins on February 18.
The new lunar year comes after the Year of Dog in the 12-animal cycle adopted in East Asian astrology.
- AFP
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