The Vedic ritual of ashvamedha is one type of this practice, which is done extensively at a Nepalese festival honoring the Hindu deity Gadhimai. Another type of this practice is jhatka, which Sikhs consider to be the opposite of the kutha method. In Judaism, a sochet is someone who is trained to do this, which is referred to as shechita and is similar to the Islamic ritual
The Vedic ritual of ashvamedha is one type of this practice, which is done extensively at a Nepalese festival honoring the Hindu deity Gadhimai. Another type of this practice is jhatka, which Sikhs consider to be the opposite of the kutha method. In Judaism, a sochet is someone who is trained to do this, which is referred to as shechita and is similar to the Islamic ritual of dhabihah. In ¬1992, the city of Hialeah, Florida pressed charges against followers of (*) Santeria because they did this in public. In Judaism, this is done with a sakin, a knife which is used to sever major vessels of the neck. Halal and kosher laws consider, for 10 points, what practice of killing a living creature in order to eat its flesh?
The Vedic ritual of ashvamedha is one type of this practice, which is done extensively at a Nepalese festival honoring the Hindu deity Gadhimai.
animal sacrifice [accept equivalents, such as ritual slaughtering; prompt on killing; prompt on sacrifice; accept killing of a horse or equivalents before "Gadhimai" is read; do not prompt on "murder"]