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XRubicon Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-24-09 07:05 PM
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Centuries-old tradition in Nepal
"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."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576529,00.html

Sorry for the source site... the picture is brutal.
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-24-09 07:15 PM
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1. And then this irony in the midst of it all...
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.
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