Published on June 27, 2005

Sa Kaew province will host the world’s first wedding for a pair of dwarf Brahman cattle on July 10 when two of the rare animals will be married off with much pomp and circumstance.

Yesterday at 11am, Amphol Wangboon, the kamnan of Tambon Klong Hinpoon, took his 18-month-old white Brahman cow, called Thong Khaow, to the Sa Kaew Cattle Market. At 70 centimetres tall and weighing only 50 kilograms, Thong Khaow is the size of a large dog. Brahman cows at that age normally stand two metres tall and weigh about a ton.

At the market, farmer Krachang Kanokprasert from nearby Prachinburi province, whose dwarf Brahman bull Thong Kham had previously made headlines, rushed to see Thong Khaow. But his offer to buy the cow to mate with his bull was turned down.

After an hour’s negotiation, Krachang pulled out Bt100,000 cash and proposed that the cattle be married. Amphol accepted and the two farmers immediately announced the bovines’ engagement. They said the wedding ceremony would take place at the market on July 10 at 9am and that it would be conducted with all the pomp of a human wedding.

The agreed dowries are a truck full of fresh grass, a truck full of hay, a truck full of maize and 24 blocks of minerals, Krachang said. The Sa Kaew district chief and the province’s chief livestock officer will attend the ceremony and a detailed identification of the cattle will be issued as marriage registration.

The Nation

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