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Height of anthropomorphism - a cuddling pair of macaques prior to their marriage ceremony - where else in the world but in India!? More than 200 people lined the streets in the eastern Indian district of Bettiah to watch as two monkeys wed. Onlookers cheered as the primates arrived atop a four-wheel-drive decked out with flowers, there to honour the wedding of Ramu to his new bride Ramdulari. The nuptials were even officiated by a local Hindu priest, who assisted the owner in choosing an auspicious day for the ceremony to be held. Udesh Mahto, the owner of the monkeys, decided to organise the wedding after the monkeys appeared to start liking each other. Mr Mahto bought the 13-year-old male monkey, Ramu, in Nepal. He later bought Ramdulari, the female monkey, at a village fair. No expense
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