The Telegraph reports that Taiwanese activists have married 70 "lucky earthworms" in an elaborate wedding ritual in a bid to raise awareness about the environment and the problem of soil erosion.
The worms arrived Sunday at Takang Park in
Tainan city inside a traditional wedding sedan draped in red cloth to
"tie the knot with the soil of the park", Takang Community Development
Association said.
"The ceremony was implemented exactly according to traditional Taiwanese customs," said Huang Sen-nan, the leader of the volunteer group."We want to raise public awareness about the need to protect the land where we live."
Soil
erosion - which can contribute to landslides during typhoons - is one
of Taiwan's main environmental problems. The presence of worms can help
the prevention of soil erosion by improving soil structure and drainage.
Well errr.....
Well errr.....
6 comments:
A strange way to publicise a campagne!
It certainly is odd!
Slugs and worms make me cringe. Give me spiders any day.
I quite like worms myself
Well, I know they're desirable to have in one's garden but they still give me the irrational creeps!
That's a shame Syncy
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