Today while reading the newspaper i came across a shocking new with heading "MORE THAN 200000 ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT NEPAL SACRIFICE FESTIVAL".Thousands of terrified buffaloes will have their heads cut off by drunken devotees.
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
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But Nepal's government says it will continue with the "centuries-old tradition" and will deploy armed police to keep the peace.
It's not about some ridiculous people but the government itself is disgusting. What an abnormal tradition it sucks like a shit...
Where has all the humanity gone? Why the human are behaving like dare devils?
Someone has to stop this cruelty, why not me "I have dedicated my life to protect animals and the best gift I could receive for this lifelong struggle would be the announcement of the stopping of ritual sacrifice.
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
A Nepalese minister said it was the largest sacrificial slaughter of animals in the world.
Animal rights groups and activists including the actress Brigitte Bardot have condemned the event, which takes place every five years in the Nepalese village of Bariyarpur, Sky News reported.
But Nepal's government says it will continue with the "centuries-old tradition" and will deploy armed police to keep the peace, Sky News reported.
Protests have occurred in recent weeks in towns near the Gadhimai temple and in the capital Katmandu by animals rights activists and other religious groups. However, Hindu organizers refused to halt the slaughter saying it was a centuries-old tradition.
"People have deep faith in the goddess and they believe that sacrificing animals will bring them good luck and prosperity for their families," said Mangal Chaudhary Tharu, a priest at the Gadhimai temple, according to Sky News.
"I don't think the mood will be spoiled by the animal rights campaigners. They have the right to raise their concerns."
More than 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens and pigeons will be killed Tuesday and Wednesday at the temple in the jungles of Bara district, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, to honor the Hindu goddess Gadhimai.
"Thousands of terrified buffaloes will have their heads cut off by drunken devotees," said Bardot, according to Sky News.
"I have dedicated my life to protect animals and the best gift I could receive for this lifelong struggle would be the announcement of the stopping of ritual sacrifice."
Pressure group Animal Nepal claims the festival represents "extreme cruelty," Sky News reported.
Chief government administrator in the area Taranath Gautam said hundreds of thousands of people began lining up in the early hours of Tuesday, and the animal sacrifice rituals had started.
The Gadhimai festival is celebrated every five years. Participants believe sacrificing the animals for Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity. Many join the festival from the neighboring Indian state of Bihar, where animal sacrifices have been banned in some areas.
Critics say the killings — carried out by slitting the animals' throats with swords — are barbaric and conducted in a cruel manner.
"We were unable to stop the animal sacrifices this year, but we will continue our campaign to stop killings during this festival," said Pramada Shah of the Animals Nepal group.
Government minister Saroj Yadav said he believed the festival was the biggest animal sacrifice in the world. "We haven't heard a bigger number. ... We are certain this is the largest one," Yadav said.
The slaughtered animals are taken back by devotees to their villages and eaten during a feast. The meat is considered blessed and consuming it protects them from evil.
Gadhimai festival
Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyarpur, in Bara District, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the capital Kathmandu in southern Nepal. The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals – including water buffaloes, pigs, goats, cows, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.[1][edit] Description
About 5 million people participate in the festival, the majority of whom are Indian people from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Attending the festival in Nepal circumvents the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states.[2][3] Participants believe that animal sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity.[4]
A month before the ritual in 2009, the Nepalese government realised there would be a "severe shortage" of goats for the ritual sacrifice, as well as for the consumption of goat meat during the festival. They began a radio campaign urging farmers to sell their animals.[5]
The festival started in the first week of November 2009 and ends in the first week of December (up to makar sankranti), the fair has a custom of animal sacrifice that occurred on November 24 & 25 in the year 2009 , with the temple's head priest performing ritual sacrifice called Saptabali which includes the sacrifice of white mice, pigeons, roosters, ducks, swine and male water buffaloes. More than 20,000 buffaloes were sacrificed on the first day.[6] It is estimated that 500,000 animals were killed during the Gadhimai festival of 2009.[2] The ritual killings were performed by more than 200 men in a concrete slaughterhouse near the temple.[7] Three infant children of pilgrims who had come to observe Gadhimai festival had died due to the extreme cold.[6] Six people died after drinking adulterated "hooch".[3]
The festival has prompted numerous protests by animal rights activists. In 2009 activists made several attempts to stop the ritual, including Brigitte Bardot and Maneka Gandhi, who wrote to the Nepalese government asking them to stop the killings.[8][9] A government official commented that they will not "interfere in the centuries-old tradition of the people."[2] Ram Bahadur Bomjon, claimed by some of his supporters to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, said that he will attempt to stop the sacrifice at the festival, preaching non-violence and offering a blessing at the place.[10][11] His promise had prompted the government to send additional forces to prevent any incident.[11]
After the festival, the meat, bones and hides of the sacrificed animals are sold to processing and tannery companies in India and Nepal.[1]
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