Fuck The Hindu Deity Gadhimai

[Beelzebub2]

Sacrifice of 200,000 Animals

KATHMANDU, Nepal, November 22, 2009 (ENS) - Emotional appeals to Nepalese officials by animal advocates from around the world have not persuaded them to call a halt to the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of animals and birds planned for November 24 and 25 at a village in Bara district in southern Nepal.

Every five years, animals and birds are slaughtered in the name of the Hindu deity Gadhimai. The event on the premises of Gadhimai Temple in the village of Bariyapur is believed to be the largest ritual sacrifice anywhere in the world and draws thousands of visitors from India and Nepal.

Pramada Shah, director and vice president of Animal Nepal, explains what will happen during the Gadhimai event. "The fair reaches its climax on an 'auspicious' day, when thousands of buffaloes are sacrificed. The blood letting that takes place turns the entire area into a marshy land of blood," she says. "It is expected that this year some 60,000 young he-buffaloes will be killed, as well as an additional 140,000 chicken, goats, pigs, birds and other poultry."

"The sacrifice starts with the offering of five different animals: pig, buffalo, goat, wild rats and birds which include chicken and pigeon. The different animals represent the mental obscurations sacrificed by the community including anger, stupidity and desire," Shah explains. "After the sacrifice of the first animal, a goat, thousands of pigeons are sacrificed by severing their heads. Next three wild rats are brought and sacrificed before a comb-like pole."

"After this," says Shah, "more than 250 people carrying naked swords and axes wrapped in red clothes, all with a license to kill, approach the temple. They frantically rush towards the field where more than 7,000 young buffaloes are kept. Before the beasts are slaughtered, seven buffaloes tied to a pole undergo the sacrificial ritual."

:pissed:

[klr]

... no suitable words.

[angrychimp]

Fuck Gadhimai???

Fuck India








They're useless with tech support anyway

[Animavore]

[Pappa]

Let's sacrifice the hindus instead.

[charlou]

The different animals represent the mental obscurations sacrificed by the community including anger, stupidity and desire," Shah explains.

The irony.

Not to mention horrifically cruel and wasteful.

[Pappa]

The different animals represent the mental obscurations sacrificed by the community including anger, stupidity and desire," Shah explains.

The irony.

I was thinking that too.

[FedUpWithFaith]

It's still an improvement over religions that round up and kill people.

[Pappa]

It's still an improvement over religions that round up and kill people.

I think it's a crying shame that the FSM doesn't accept human sacrifices!

[Pappa]

I just noticed this bit too:

Every five years, animals and birds are slaughtered in the name of the Hindu deity Gadhimai.

Wow.... do they slaughter animals and fish too, or maybe animals and monkeys?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's still an improvement over religions that round up and kill people.

I think it's a crying shame that the FSM doesn't accept human sacrifices!

Where do you think the "meatballs" come from?

[Animavore]

Bow to the all powerful Gadhimai.

[Animavore]

This might make you feel better.

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php ... ival-.html