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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 8:41 am ET
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
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CBS News - Tue Nov 24, 6:30 pm ET
200,000 Buffaloes, Goats, Chickens and Pigeons to Be Killed for Hindu Festival
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New York Times - Tue Nov 24, 9:34 pm ET
The sacrifice is part of a two-day festival to honor the Hindu goddess Gadhimai, which is held every five years.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 pm ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.
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KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Tue Nov 24, 3:05 am ET
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Devotees lined up outside a Hindu temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday at the start of a two-day religious celebration involving the sacrificial slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals.
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The Record and Herald News - Wed Nov 25, 12:25 pm ET
BARIYAPUR, Nepal — The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.
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FOX 12 Idaho - Tue Nov 24, 2:58 am ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
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ABC 7 El Paso - Tue Nov 24, 3:10 am ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
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KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - Tue Nov 24, 3:07 am ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
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FOX 11 Santa Maria - Tue Nov 24, 3:07 am ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
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KCOY Santa Maria - Tue Nov 24, 3:05 am ET
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
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OfficialWire - Tue Nov 24, 12:27 pm ET
Hindus went to Bariyapur, Nepal, to attend a festival featuring what is believed to be the world's largest animal sacrifice, attending priests said.