Gadhimai festival
| quote: | Gadhimai festival is a Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyapur, 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 buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.
About 5 million people participate in the festival, the majority of whom are Indian people from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They go to Nepal prior to the festival to circumvent the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states.
Participants believe that animal sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity. |
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developing the agricultural sector brings prosperity, not destroying your livestock. lol morons 
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| quote: | | After the festival, the meat, bones and hides of the sacrificed animals are sold to processing and tannery companies in India and Nepal. |
still a stupid way to do things
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