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01-12-2006, 09:47 AM | #1 |
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1/12/2006: Skins for Eid
A followup to yesterday's image? The rest of the beast? Not really, as this scene is in Bangladesh. And it's not really clear how we got here -- where these skins came from. The WaPo caption says Skin traders pile cow skins by the roadside as Muslims celebrate the biggest Eid-al-Ahda festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But it doesn't say whether the skins come from sacrifices, whether there's a pile of heads right down the road -- or if this is just routine Bangladeshi commerce on a busy day. Anyway, the WaPo put this one up this morning so I couldn't help but bring you more beef. |
01-12-2006, 09:54 AM | #2 |
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Photographs rarely invoke olfaction. This one, unfortunatly, does.
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01-12-2006, 10:37 AM | #3 | |
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01-12-2006, 10:11 AM | #4 |
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Bangladesh is well known in India as a centre for leather production (it provides 2-3% of the world's leather) and yes - the days after Eid-Al-Azha are a boom time for the industry.
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01-12-2006, 10:52 AM | #5 |
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Looks like the boss-man is there taking notes, wearing a suit and sandals. And maybe that's his assistant with his back to us, wearing a suit and a... ski cap??
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01-12-2006, 06:20 PM | #6 | |
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01-12-2006, 09:04 PM | #7 | |
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I was under the impression this is a one day deal......as in all the critters are sacrificed the same day, at the end of a multiday festival. I'd bet that pile of hides will be gone at the end of the day.
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01-12-2006, 11:41 AM | #8 |
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A lot of leather laying there. No hijack intended, but this image raises a question for me. I wonder if the animal rights activists who boycott fur wear leather shoes, belts, etc.? Wouldn't leather be considered cow fur? hmmmm.......
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01-12-2006, 01:05 PM | #9 | |
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01-12-2006, 05:37 PM | #10 |
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There's an awful lot of cow skin in those piles. The bottom skin must have been a bit on the smelly side by the time it was purchased.
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01-13-2006, 06:42 AM | #11 | |
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01-13-2006, 11:20 AM | #12 |
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Oow, thank you, thank you, 3foot! Film and photo paper....good ammo.
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01-13-2006, 11:59 AM | #13 |
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01-13-2006, 01:44 PM | #14 | |
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01-13-2006, 12:25 PM | #15 | |
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Schadenfreud. It's what's for dinner. Course, I guess digital is an option.
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