January 23, 2007: Two thousand sacrificed pigs

Undertoad · 01-23-2007, 12:16 PM

gmr2048 points to this recently-uploaded Flickr set, which is labeled with nothing other than 2000 pigs as sacrifice and offerring to the deity General Chao of Wudeh temple at a temple festival in Jendeh, southern Taiwan, 19 Jan 2007, and I hereby fairly use the first shot of them knowing that you'll probably be tempted to click through to the rest of the set.

Deuce · 01-23-2007, 12:21 PM

I'll leave the obligatory "I wonder how they taste" cracks for others.

It looks like they're all bowing, prostrating themselves, doesn't it?

glatt · 01-23-2007, 12:25 PM

What a waste.

Edit: It looks like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is playing the festival/sacrifice.

axlrosen · 01-23-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It looks like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is playing the festival/sacrifice.

Actually I think it's the minipops version of Sgt. Pepper, actual size.

Sundae · 01-23-2007, 12:44 PM

I know I should be horrified at the waste (I assume they are not eaten afterwards? extensive Googling tells me no more about this) but some of the pictures had me laughing out loud.

In fact if avatars were allowed on this site I think mine would be one of an apparently cheerful dead pig, smiling even though he is split from stem to stern and with a gaudy flag flapping about his head....

Elspode · 01-23-2007, 01:06 PM

*General*? There's a deity which holds a military commission?

wolf · 01-23-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

*General*? There's a deity which holds a military commission?

Is he the General that the Chicken is named after? I've never heard of General's Pork ...

Deuce · 01-23-2007, 01:18 PM

Perhaps they mean "non-specific".

monster · 01-23-2007, 01:23 PM

Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore.

Sundae · 01-23-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore.

That explains the websites that came up then....

monster · 01-23-2007, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

That explains the websites that came up then....

Hmmm. Could be. Or were you googling "prostrate porkers"? I didn't turn up any dodgy sites. Unless you count the myspace pages where "wudeh" appears to be common parlance.

(I have medium-safe search enabled to protect the internet from my 9yo. Should I flip the switch and see what comes up.... or maybe not....)

Phil · 01-23-2007, 01:34 PM

mmmm .... bacon!

Sheldonrs · 01-23-2007, 01:48 PM

I believe the movie version that will tell this story shall be titled "Watch On The Rind".

wolf · 01-23-2007, 02:32 PM

I like this shot of the happy pig arrangers.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2007, 03:20 PM

Whispering sweet nothings?

01-23-2007, 12:16 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	January 23, 2007: Two thousand sacrificed pigs gmr2048 points to this recently-uploaded Flickr set, which is labeled with nothing other than 2000 pigs as sacrifice and offerring to the deity General Chao of Wudeh temple at a temple festival in Jendeh, southern Taiwan, 19 Jan 2007, and I hereby fairly use the first shot of them knowing that you'll probably be tempted to click through to the rest of the set.

01-23-2007, 12:25 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What a waste. Edit: It looks like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is playing the festival/sacrifice. Last edited by glatt; 01-23-2007 at 12:29 PM. Reason: Why not?

01-23-2007, 12:44 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I know I should be horrified at the waste (I assume they are not eaten afterwards? extensive Googling tells me no more about this) but some of the pictures had me laughing out loud. In fact if avatars were allowed on this site I think mine would be one of an apparently cheerful dead pig, smiling even though he is split from stem to stern and with a gaudy flag flapping about his head.... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-23-2007, 01:06 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	General? There's a deity which holds a military commission? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-23-2007, 01:23 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-23-2007, 12:21 PM	#2
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	I'll leave the obligatory "I wonder how they taste" cracks for others. It looks like they're all bowing, prostrating themselves, doesn't it?

01-23-2007, 01:18 PM	#8
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	Perhaps they mean "non-specific".

01-23-2007, 01:34 PM	#12
Phil Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 304	mmmm .... bacon! __________________ Atheist n A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others.

01-23-2007, 01:48 PM	#13
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I believe the movie version that will tell this story shall be titled "Watch On The Rind". __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-23-2007, 02:32 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I like this shot of the happy pig arrangers. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-23-2007, 03:20 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Whispering sweet nothings? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:48 PM.

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