This morning the goat that was residing in the house for the last day or two was ritually sacrificed. The method of dispatching the beast was by sword, and quite a large sword.
Earlier the man who was to do the deed was looking around for a sharp instrument, but could only come up with smaller knifes. So he had to go to the house next door in order to get a proper sword.
The beheading went quickly, he sharpened the sword and with one quick fell of the blade it was all over. It was interesting to see this, although the back of the "executioner" was to those watching, so we didn't see the blade do its work. Apparently this is quite a big deal as part of the celebration as most of the kids were watching.
On a brighter side, some of those living near by made an enormous swing out of bamboo poles. The swing must have been thirty feet high, and the kids were all waiting their turn for a swing, and it looked really fun.
This morning I also got some good pictures of the snow covered mountains in the background beyond the city. Normally the mountains are shrouded by clouds but this morning the clouds moved away and revealed the huge Ganesh Himal portion of the Himalayas.
The mountains are amazing to see, they are so big and stretch on for quite a ways. Their sheer size even from a distance is breath taking. This was also the first time I was able to see them and was totally taken away by them, I just had to stare for a while in amazement.
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So what would you have done if they just happened to ask to you to take part in the sacrifice? Do you think you got grapes to chop the goats head off? Did they cook it afterwards? or what happened after that?
ReplyDeleteChris,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your last post. That goat story was interesting, and the comment of your fellow traveler very funny. That goat is probably one of the few times a year many of the people will have the opportunity to eat meat.
Mom and I had the grandkids this weekend, as Dave and Katrina were at her brother's wedding. They were a lot of fun, and they wore us up. Mom is taking a nap. Kayleigh practiced phonetic spelling with Mom on the way down to Charlotte. They played a game, the purpose of which was for Kayleight to spell words ending in at and op. She is getting very good. And Lucas told me I was silly, "Pumpa silly."
We look forward to seeing you soon. Enjoy the book!
Dad