Yes, Kate Cunningham tied the knot with a tree, which she has named Elder, in a bid to raise awareness about a campaign opposing the construction of a new bypass. A mother of two, Kate says marrying Elder was the best decision of her life and has no plans of divorcing her partner.

Did a lady marry a tree?

Karen Cooper, 60, wed the tree during a community event on March 24 at the Snell Family Park as part of a neighborhood effort to save the tree from being cut down. As many as 80 people from the neighborhood came out to the ceremony and there was music, flowers, and food, Cooper said.

Is someone married to a tree?

Tree marriage, symbolic marital union of a person with a tree that is said to be infused with supernatural life. In one such practice, between a bachelor and a tree, the tree was afterward felled, thereby endowing the man with the widower status required to marry a widow. Tree marriage was once widespread in India.

Who married tree?

Interestingly, Kate has a human boyfriend and two children of her own. A 38-year-old woman from Liverpool, England celebrated the first anniversary of her wedding to a tree. Kate Cunningham tied the knot with an elder tree last year and immediately changed her surname to Elder.

Did Aishwarya Rai marry a tree?

Aishwarya Rai, who has been in the news lately because of her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan, has apparently been ritually married to not one but two trees before her real marriage (thanks, Antahkarana). That means Ashs marriage to Abhishek could either end in divorce or his death.

Can you marry a tree in the US?

Though the ceremonies conducted during the “Marry a Tree” event are not legally binding, as trees cannot consent to marriage, the union is still a serious commitment to some. The tree marrying ritual began by an organization, Bedani, as a way to give thanks to Mother Earth for what is provided.

Why do girls marry tree?

Tree marriage was once widespread in India among some cults around beliefs that trees contain hidden or sacred power to cure or to enhance fertility or that they contain the souls of ancestors or of the unborn. In Mexico, it was reported that women are marrying trees in protest of logging.

Why was Aishwarya married to a tree?

But did you remember the incident, reported by dna in November 2006, apparently took place because Aishwarya was a maanglik (an astrological combination that indicates ill-omen) and to ensure the good health and long life of her husband, she had to first get married off to a tree.

Which country is it legal to marry a dead person?

Posthumous marriage became legal in France by Article 171 of the civil code which states: The President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, authorize the solemnization of marriage if one of the spouses died after completion of official formalities marking it unequivocal consent.