tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post115807725138093381..comments2024-02-19T14:46:23.841-06:00Comments on Feringhee: The India Diaries: Lunar TunesSirensongs: Indologist At Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1158409188180294252006-09-16T07:19:00.000-05:002006-09-16T07:19:00.000-05:00Yep, human sacrifice is still a reality here in Ne...Yep, human sacrifice is still a reality here in Nepal as well as remote areas of India. Every couple months you read about one in UP, MP, or sometimes southern hinterlands. I figure for every one that makes it to the press there must be several that do not....;-(Sirensongs: Indologist At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1158349362998138752006-09-15T14:42:00.000-05:002006-09-15T14:42:00.000-05:00The animal sacrifice is a ugly side of the practic...The animal sacrifice is a ugly side of the practice...happens throughout India I believe; for sure, they do this in my native Tamil Nadu. Rather primitive thinking, happens a lot in the villages (not badmouthing villagers and their way of life though). I just hope as time goes by people realize the futility of such acts.....<BR/><BR/>Another practice that happened was the sacrifice of human beings for special buildings, i.e. dams, factories and such. My grandfather was told to perform it when he built his rice mill in a small town in Tamil Nad; he immediately made it clear that the person who advises to do such practices will be the one sacrificed:) lolhaReehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881264286656252340noreply@blogger.com