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Gadimai Again

Every five years, the mass animal sacrifice in a tiny village in Nepal pits activists against devotees

Chandra Kishore

Crying fowl at Dasain

A market at Bhaktapur was doing brisk business on Saturday as people ignored physical distancing rules and flocked to buy fowls for the Dasain...

Cruelty and compassion

Rambhu Paswan was among 100 men hired by the Gadimai Temple this week to kill animals on behalf of at least 2...

Killing field

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YTxDqg2lA&feature=youtu.beDespite national and international outrage and a Supreme Court ruling against the cruel ritual, Nepal’s Gadimai Mela, the world’s largest mass sacrifice...

Sharpening the knives

Gadimai mela is going ahead on Tuesday as scheduled in the village of Bariyapur in Bara district of Nepal.Monday night saw locals...

Night before the slaughter

The village of Bariyapur in Nepal’s plains is getting ready for the Gadimai Mela despite national and international outrage against the mass...

The sacrifice of animal sacrifices

Dasain is here again, a festival of shopping, family reunions, feasting – and controversies. Fierce debates again rage online and offline about...

Octoberfest

Like all festivals in whichever religion, Dasain probably has its origins in pre-historic harvest rituals. The rains are over, the sky is blue again,...

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