 "Bali" (pronounced Bal-ee) or Bali Sacrifice (sometimes known as "Jhatka Bali") is the ritual killing of an animal in Hinduism.Jhatka is the prescribed practice for Hindu ritual sacrifice, however other practices such as strangulation and the use of a wooden spile ("sphya") driven into the heart is used.The reason for this is that priests saw the animal making a noise as a bad omen.