A pattern of marrying trees has been happening. In Mexico back in 2018, women who were dressed in traditional white wedding gowns married trees. This was part of an anti-logging campaign in an event called Marry A Tree as a protest against deforestation. Their love and devotion towards trees was strengthened by the symbol of marrying them. The idea inspired other women elsewhere to do the same. The notion itself, like a tree that takes root and branches out, flowering and growing. A woman in Merseyside, England, married an elder tree and her surname was changed to Elder. It was her love of trees that encouraged her to take part in Marry A Tree campaign in protest against building over woodlands.
While this has been a movement to help trees, there has always been an old Hindu tradition of marrying trees in India. It's a ritual going way back since ancient Vedic times. It's believed that marrying a tree was a rare event done by those with a curse or "Manglik dosh", meaning people born under the influence of planet Mars and/or Saturn were believed to have uncomfortable futures. So to lift the curse, marrying a tree would help a person become freed from the dark astronomical influences. Actress and former Miss World named Aishwarya Rai (Ash) was born a Manglik, and she married a banana tree to lift the curse and be with the man she loved properly afterwards.
Marrying trees for a number of reasons, from ancient spiritual beliefs to protesting has seen a global increase of tree brides this century. Does it help? It surely helps those who marry trees for whatever they believe in.
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