Snake handler Roum Phanith, 18, keeps an eye on whopping python ‘bride’ Chamroeun, who dwarfs the ‘groom’ selected for her during an unusual ceremony in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district yesterday. Photo by: Heng Chivoan
The Phnom Penh Post "Cambodia's Newspaper of Record" is carrying the following story.
Pythons tie the knot Monday, 03 January 2011 20:53 Roth Meas
Hundreds of villagers in Kandal province yesterday celebrated an unusual and somewhat mismatched “marriage” between two snakes.
The newlywed pythons are four-metre-long female Chamroeun, who tips the scales at 90 kilogrammes, and Ar Krong Pich, who weighs 20 kilogrammes and is a quarter as long as his new “wife”.
The ceremony, held in Sa’ang district’s Svay Ralum commune, was conducted to ward off what villagers believe is impending bad luck.