Most people have at least heard the name “Kathmandu” at some point in their life, however most people don’t even know where it is. Even fewer may be aware that animal sacrifices are still a part of their culture. This may only be coming clear with the advent of the internet. Today’s blogosphere is alive with the story of two goats being sacrificed by the state-run airline of Nepal to appease the Hindu sky god, Akash Bhairab.
Now that the Boeing 757 (1 of 2 the country operates) is back-in-the-air, it makes things a little different. We are all comfortable and content in our world – our world currently ripped apart by war, in-fighting and hate. Our country, the one we love and believe in the words our founding fathers wrote – is slowly being drained of all it’s assets by the current Administration for now and long into the future. We have military installations across the world – and we aren’t under threat, we think we are in charge!
Enough about the mess we are in – it’s more important to take the Hindu tradition into account – because if we continue to believe that which we know and have been told by our forefathers, we can come through this. We must always remember that the world is full of varied peoples, traditions and things to which we have never been exposed. We should not want our way of life to be everyone’s way of life – without the variation – we’d all be the same.
Boring.
Source: Khaleej Times Online
