I said that I would return to this thread later - so I have! This appalling mass slaughter of innocent animals is attended mostly by people from the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar & Terai - where, ironically, such sacrifices are (rightly) banned. But the Nepalese Government seems unwilling to stop this mass slaughter, carried out by people with no training in proper slaughter methods. The Government refused to ban the slaughter last time in 2009 - but let's hope that wider public awareness will result in many more protests this time. Perhaps travellers could make comments on the Nepalese Tourism Facebook (I assume there is one) saying that they will not visit unless the slaughter is stopped?
This cruel mass slaughter is another example of the hypocrisy of some organised religions. How can one claim to be "holy" or pleasing some Deity, whilst hacking sentient creatures to a slow and painful death? Such behaviour has nothing to do with true spirituality at all. Love and compassion are the way forward, not barbaric superstitions involving painful death.
Here are some articles which provide the background to the "festival" in 2009:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world...eferral=PM
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadhimai_festival
May 2014 be the year when this terrible "festival" was stopped!
This cruel mass slaughter is another example of the hypocrisy of some organised religions. How can one claim to be "holy" or pleasing some Deity, whilst hacking sentient creatures to a slow and painful death? Such behaviour has nothing to do with true spirituality at all. Love and compassion are the way forward, not barbaric superstitions involving painful death.
Here are some articles which provide the background to the "festival" in 2009:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world...eferral=PM
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadhimai_festival
May 2014 be the year when this terrible "festival" was stopped!
