Show FORMOSAN WEDDING RITES A reluctant bride and a porcine sacrifice at londona Lon dons coney island with full formosan Furm osan rites including the public sa crince of a pig two in of the formosan Formosa ii biago village lit londono Lon Lont dons ions willie white city were married recently the bridegroom was saron gat gal a young man mail of twenty four vini tile tho reputation of a mighty hulit huntor vi among lila its fellow tribesmen and the ho bride was a mald maiden 01 or twenty onu at in an early hour tile tho village was garlanded with COI earn 11 anil leaves and the native bodeck cil themselves in ii I i tile the afternoon the brido bride and bridegroom were temporarily rsvp abated from the other natives who occupied cili fled tho the tinia in fit malting making a procession round the exhibition carrying in of war and chail chanting ting weird songs after this they assembled assem blod I 1 in 11 an open hut in tho the center of tho the village I 1 a go and two sturdy men appeared trying tho the pig which was C attly lustily it killed instantly with a spear thrust through the heart and the carcass carci isa was singed over a lire fire of 0 ru ruches skinned tind and ailt into small pieces tho the pieces were placed in pots and set to boll over charcoal fires before this huil had happened the bridegroom had to fetch the bride sho she offered resistance and wept it a great deal but seizing hold of her the lover placed her upon its his back and carried her to the open hut where all the company squatted round a table raised two or three inches from tile the ground then the food was fetched the pieces of semi cooked food being handed round with chopsticks chop sticks the feast was waa interspersed with weird chanting the chief theme was supplied by the I 1 i wye we are now one we I 1 lovo 0 v e ea each C h other the proceedings lasted well into the evening the bride preserved a most stolid demeanor throughout but the crowd of europeans were hugely de lighted and cheered and clapped en london graphic |