Show FORMOSAN WEDDING RITES A reluctant bride and a porcine sacrifice ft at londona Lon dons coney island with full formosan rites including the public sacrifice ot of a pie two inhabitants of the formosan village at londona Lon dons white city were married recently the bridegroom was saron gal a young man of twenty tour four with the lie reputation 0 of a mighty hunter among hla his fellow trib wn m n and the bride was RJ a i oil en of ono i at nn an early hour bour the village aage landed alth ith corn ard and leaves and native occupants be decked c with finery in the afternoon the b and bridegroom were temporarily abated from the other natives who occupied tho the time in making a flori flon round the exhibition carrying in ments of war and chanting felid us after this they assembled tn in 11 open lut but in the center of 0 the vil iff ivf iw anti two sturdy men appeared ea i irving rv in r the pig which was scream iw ardly it was killed instantly with a spear thrust through the heart and the carcass was singed over a fire of rushes skinned and cut into small pieces the pieces were placed in pots and set to boll over charcoal fart ires before this had happened the bridegroom had to fetch the bride she offered resistance and wept a great deal but seizing hold of her the lover placed her upon his back and carried her to the open hut where all the company squatted round a table raised two we or three inches from the ground then the food was fetched the pieces of semi cooked food being handed round with chopsticks chop sticks tse T e feast was interspersed with weird chanting the chief theme was supplied by the words we are now one we love each other the proceedings lasted well into the evening the bride preserved a most stolid demeanor throughout hut but the crowd of europeans were hugely delighted and cheered and clapped enthusiastically london graphic |