This story is about three-week late. Two days ago, Meeilei sent me these two photos we took at Tou-Cheng Farm on January 20. Those water buffalo and the story behind them are so cute that I decide to write a story about these three water buffalo.
The lower photo shows three water buffalo: a baby Buffalo at the far right, dad-buffalo in the middle and mom-buffalo on the left. Mom-buffalo gave birth the baby buffalo in August of 2008 without a proper 'wedding ceremony'. There was no doubt who is the dad-buffalo because there were only two water buffalo in the farm last year (2008). The owners of the Farm decided to throw a wedding party for the couple and the baby. They also prepared a 'wedding ceremony' on January 20, 2009 for two water buffalo so that their baby has a proper home.
The upper photo shows both the baby baffalo and the dowry the owner had prepared for the bride-buffalo. In the old Taiwanese agricultural society, the groom family usually asks for dowry from the bride family. How much of the dowry was prepared? A whole buffalo cart !! 嫁娤一牛車. This would be a proper answer from the bride family.
2 comments:
the owner of the farm wants to have the 'wedding' because they said that the two baffalos had a baby girl they need to have a wedding to have a baby boy! especially since is the year of 'OX'!
Thank you Meeilei. The additional comments make the buffalo's story more interesting.
Franklin
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