Sacrifice, Bhaktapur, Nepal

This photograph is part of the 2009 photo competition.

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Photographer: Rachel Ingersoll
Sacrifice, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Nepal
Blood sacrifices are a common form of ritual in this predominately Hindu country. Here a buffalo is sacrificed to Bhairab (a fearsome form of Shiva) outside the Bhairabnath Temple in Bhaktapur.
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