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Mass animal sacrifice starts in Nepal

mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
A woman carries a baby goat, as she heads to Gadhimai temple the day before the ceremony Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Devotees travel in a roof of a bus heading to Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Devotees lead buffalos covered in a red cloth, indicating that they are for sacrifice, on a rural road heading to Bariyapur Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Men hold their kukris aloft in the fog before the start of the ceremony Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: buffaloes are held in pens before a mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Buffaloes are kept in pens prior to being sacrificed Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Traditional Nepalese Kukri knives are brandished sacrifice Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
A butcher prepares to slaughter a buffalo with his knife Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
A man wipes the blood off his knife after slaughtering a buffalo Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
A stricken buffalo covered in mud lies in a pool of blood Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
A butcher chases a buffalo in the grounds of Gadhimai temple Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
mass sacrifice in Nepal: Traditional mass sacrifice ceremony in Nepal
Blood and the bodies of sacrificed buffaloes lie on the ground Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/guardian.co.uk
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