KANNUR: Marriages in Malabar are different. Friends of the groom celebrate marriage like no other. Grooms are usually brought to wedding stages on horses, in decorated cars or auto rickshaws. But a group of people in Kannur took it a step further. Groom was brought in a casket this time.

This casket was carried to the bride’s house by the groom’s friends-with all sorts of celebrations. The groom, was dressed all white greeted the locals. However bride’s family didn’t receive this particularly well. On receiving news of groom’s peculiar arrival, some had health discomforts. Soon the groom and his friends had to face the ire of the locals there as they threw the casket away. They were made to walk to bride’s house by foot.

This unique affair went viral on social media and criticisms followed.

As some of the other pranks related to wedding became common, these youngsters went for a creative idea.