Weddings have been always a part of our lives and now and you might just be bored of all the "normal" bride and groom wedding highlights.

But what if the bride and groom that you see in the weddings are not human but frogs? The bride is the female frog and the groom is the male frog.

In its recent incident, Madhya Pradesh Minister of State For Woman And Child Development had organized a wedding ceremony of two frogs at a temple in Chhattarpur.

The ceremony was performed in order to appease rain gods. Lalita Yadav, the minister is associated with BJP. Hundreds of people had gathered at the temple premises to see the wedding and the ceremony was followed by a feast.

When frog croaks, it rains:

According to the Assam natives, their ancestors had a belief that monsoon is the season for mating frogs and when frog croaks, it rains. So to please Barun Devata (the rain-god), the frog marriage is performed to usher in rainfall

The natives of Assam have paddy fields in the state and as a result of the water crisis and the drought, they arrange a frog wedding to end the same. Then, they thank the frogs for the rainfall

What actually is a frog wedding?

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Regionally known as Bekhuli Biya, a frog wedding in Assam, 'Bekhuli' means frog in Assamese language and 'Biya' stands for marriage

a frog wedding in Assam, 'Bekhuli' means frog in Assamese language and 'Biya' stands for marriage There is a mythological belief among Hindus that if wild frogs caught by people are married off with Vedic rites and traditional marriage rituals like human beings, it can help bring rainfall in the coming days

This bizarre ritual is being practiced in the state of Assam and some other parts of India which are prone to water crisis

How the ceremony takes place

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The wedding ceremony has rituals of traditional Indian wedding in which female frog is made to sit and oil is applied to her body

After applying the oil, the frog is left for some time and is bathed in water and is dressed for her D-day

On the other side, the groom and its baarati (the guests from the groom side) arrive and dance to celebrate the wedding

After the arrival and marriage, the couple is left in the pond as these amphibians live in the water, and then people pray to the God for the rainfall

A mass feast, music and dance are also the part of this ritual

Isn't this an interesting wedding to attend?

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