About Dashain___6. Thousands of animals such as buffaloes,ducks,he-goats, etc. are slaughtered in Dasain every year. It has been considered an important ritual since it is believed that the goddesses are appeased by such sacrifices. Almost all the temples, specially the Durga and Kalitemples of the country are offered with thousands of sacrifices. Asthami and Navami are the days where the sacrifices reach the peak. While thousands of animals are sacrificed to appease the goddesses, people also slaughter animals for the purpose of feasts. Since a large number of feasts and gatherings are organized throughout the fifteen days of the festival, the demand for meat goes up considerably. Hence to meet the demands the slaughtering of animals becomes considerably high and necessary during the festival. However, for the past few years the animal rights activists in the country have been continuously opposing these acts of slaughtering of animals in such a manner. They have been requesting people to stop such inhuman acts of killing the innocent animals and instead have suggested them to offer fruits and vegetables to the Goddesses since they believe that it is mentioned nowhere in the Hindu religious books that such sacrifices appease the gods and goddesses. References[ edit source] 1.^ a b c "Festivals of Nepal: Dashain". Nepal Home Page: Travel Guide. Retrieved 2008-06-28. 2. ^ Dashain - Festival of Nepal 3. ^ "Durga Puja". 4. ^ "The Slayer Of Mahishasura". 5. ^ "major festivals of nepal". 6. ^ "Mahishasur Mardini". 7. ^ "Dasai begins". Nepal mountain news. 8. ^ "Ghatasthapana". 9. ^Karki, Avigya. "Festivals of Nepal: Dashain". Retrieved November 17, 2011. 10. ^ "Fulpati". Kathmandu post. 11.^ a b "Days of Dashain". 12. ^ "President offers tika". Nepalnews. 13. ^ "September Festivals". Explore Himalaya. 2009-09-27. 14.^ a b c "ECS Dasain". ECS. 15. ^ "To Swing On A Ping". ECS Nepal. THE END
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