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To: Mr. K

its not for food

it is animal sacrifices as an offering to the spirits


11 posted on 10/01/2024 6:35:13 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: joshua c

So, the videos we’ve seen of people roasting animals were not real?


15 posted on 10/01/2024 6:43:38 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump 2024)
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To: joshua c

“Animal sacrifice is called matanza,[226] with the person carrying it out termed the matador.[227] This is usually a man,[228] with menstruating women prohibited from involvement.[134] Birds—including guinea fowl, chickens, and doves—are commonly sacrificed, usually by having their throats slit or their heads twisted and ripped off.[229] For rituals of greater importance, sacrifices are often of four-legged animals.[74] Some practitioners describe the killing of animals as an acceptable substitute to human sacrifice,[230] and in Cuba there have been persistent rumours of children being sacrificed in Santería rites.[231] The oricha and egun are believed to “eat” the blood of the victim;[232] the latter’s lifeforce is deemed to transfer to the oricha, thus strengthening its aché.[233] An animal that struggles to avoid being killed is sometimes understood as having particular strength which will then pass to the oricha.[233]

Once killed, the animals’ severed heads may be placed on top of the sopera belonging to the oricha to which the sacrifice has been directed.[234] After the carcass has been butchered, some of the organs—known as acheses—may be cooked and offered to the oricha;[235] other parts will be eaten by practitioners.[236] Some of the blood may be collected and added to omiero, an infusion of herbs and water.[227] Believed to contain much aché,[237] this liquid is used for removing malevolent influences and in ceremonies for baptising ritual tools.[227] Santería’s animal sacrifice has been a cause of concern for many non-practitioners.[238] It has sometimes brought adherents into confrontation with the law,[239] as with the 1993 case of Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that animal cruelty laws targeted specifically at Santería were unconstitutional.[240]”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa

Repeat after me: “All cultures are equal.”


22 posted on 10/01/2024 7:05:08 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am! Send me." )
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To: joshua c

Religious freedom nothing to see here it is the new normal get used to it.


23 posted on 10/01/2024 7:06:38 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: joshua c
its not for food

it is animal sacrifices as an offering to the spirits

Bingo. It's happening right here in Flyover, USA now. But nobody can stomach making memes about that because it is too disturbing.

30 posted on 10/01/2024 7:19:25 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: joshua c
It's not for food. It is animal sacrifices as an offering to the spirits.

They're going about it all wrong.

DrEvil

35 posted on 10/01/2024 7:37:35 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've eluded the snares of aquired wisdom.)
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