Nepal's mass animal slaughter begins despite outcry | AFP

What is thought to be the world's biggest animal sacrifice swings into action in a remote area of Nepal despite efforts from activists who have long called for the festival - held every five years - to be stopped.

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[miniethecat]

According to Hindu Legend, The goddess of Power, Gadhimai came into a prisoner's dream and asked him to build a temple for her. The moment he woke up and found he was free, he constructed a temple of the goddess and sacrificed an animal in return. The goddess never asked to sacrifice the animal.

[yamikyamik]

I m also nepali but my father haven't sacrifice of animals

[v.ksingh]

पूरे ब्रह्मांड में इंसानो से बड़ा न कोई हत्यारा हैं न कोई इतना कुरुर सच में इंसान ही दानव हैं
जिसने बदल कर अपना नाम रखा मानव हैं

[Colin]

My child failed his grades so we offered a goat and a buffalo..now his grades are good...yeah OK next time offer up yourself and he will become a rocket scientist.
Guaranteed

[manojgupta-qsvd]

Man : My child failed in exam
Nepali saint : Sacrifice an animal
Legend : Sacrifice your son

[sumantramazumder]

In a small country of Bangladesh in every Eid near about 10million animals were slaughtered and that is common in India also so what the animal rights do to rescue the so targeting one community is in your agenda

[zoredhillon]

So killing goats is the key to good grades I cant believe it that's the only thing I didn't try😂

[federickmarsh]

According to this logic Einstien's father might have sacrificed at least a truckload of goats and a two dozen more buffaloes to boot.

[rehanqwerty]

Im muslim, i have stopped eating non veg and sacrificing animals😢

[marty]

And then they are shocked and cry when Pandemics and floods strike.

[contactshashi]

This is the most gruesome event I ever heard. Poor animals getting killed for no reason

[Qaijerr---ychan]

"Animal activists opinions do not matter to us" - Nepali man
So true

[nwywnwyw]

Their lifes is hard because of their behaviour.

So sorry for this beautiful creature 😭😢🙁😕

[drbend]

He failed his exams then give money to a charity feed a poor family not this brutality

[ashrithjonnalagadda]

Bloody people. Humanity is at ending stage.

[hugovanlawick]

Son feared he might be next in line to get slaughtered! Not surprising his grades got better!!😂

[shakuntalaraghunath]

Animals sacrificed for human failures. The fellow who is sacrificing animals so that his son improves in his education should realise it’s poverty and genes which are against him. No amount of such killings is going to improve his condition. This is true of all who indulge in such atrocities. The Divine Mother and Mother Nature will give these monsters the fruits of their actions, here and now.

[NEETASPIRANT-hojh]

What a World
A stupid Student's School grades are more precious than a innocent life

[LaciMk]

When I think how stupid my parents were to tell me to work harder to get better grades while the answer was obviously to kill an animal.. I feel ashamed by my own parents now..

[subhasishdas]

If you want to know
someone's mind,
listen to their words.
If you want to know
their heart, watch
their actions.