INDIA: The crowd braces itself for the religious bloodsports. GRUESOME photos show ruthless crowds baying for blood as buffalos are brutally slaughter
INDIA: The crowd braces itself for the religious bloodsports. GRUESOME photos show ruthless crowds baying for blood as buffalos are brutally slaughtered in the name of an all-powerful goddess during a gory Hindu festival. Distressing photos shows crowds of well over a thousand people watching the ritual slaughter of 16 animals ? supposedly to appease Hindu goddess Durga. The shocking images include a frightened and bewildered buffalo being tied up and wedged into a rudimentary scaffold to face its grisly fate; the bloody split-second when the beast is decapitated by a heavy blow by a razor-sharp Bengali sword; and devoted attendees rushing forward to put their fingers into the blood of the slain creatures. Durga Puja, or the annual celebration of Hindu goddess Durga, is one of India?s grandest, goriest festivals. It is a multiple-day celebration commemorates the victory of the goddess over a demon called Mahishasura. As told by Hindu mythology, the demon was set out to wage war against the gods and it was up to Durga to slay him and protect earth. She triumphed in her epic battle of good versus evil and is celebrated every year with thousands of animal sacrifices ? supposedly to show the deity due reverence. Mediadrumimages/DavidTalukdar
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