January 23, 2007: Two thousand sacrificed pigs

Undertoad · 01-23-2007, 11:16 AM

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, 11:21 AM

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, 11:25 AM

What a waste.

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

Sundae Girl · 01-23-2007, 11:44 AM

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, 12:06 PM

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

Deuce · 01-23-2007, 12:18 PM

Perhaps they mean "non-specific".

monster · 01-23-2007, 12:23 PM

Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore.

Sundae Girl · 01-23-2007, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore.

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

Phil · 01-23-2007, 12:34 PM

mmmm .... bacon!

Sheldonrs · 01-23-2007, 12:48 PM

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

monster · 01-23-2007, 12:53 PM

Quote:

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....)

wolf · 01-23-2007, 01:30 PM

Quote:

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 ...

wolf · 01-23-2007, 01:32 PM

I like this shot of the happy pig arrangers.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2007, 02:20 PM

Whispering sweet nothings?

Brianna · 01-23-2007, 02:22 PM

Where the holy gawd is sproglet?????

/snicker/ yeah, that's what I thought /snicker/

01-23-2007, 11:16 AM	#1
Undertoad Sorry for my long posts Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Valley Forge Natl Park Posts: 20,297	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, 11:25 AM	#3
glatt waiting like a stalking Butler Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 11,820	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 11:29 AM. Reason: Why not?

01-23-2007, 12:06 PM	#5
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,172	General? There's a deity which holds a military commission? __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

01-23-2007, 12:23 PM	#7
monster Blow Out! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brit in Ann Arbor MI Posts: 14,538	Apparently Jendeh is Persian for Whore. __________________ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

01-23-2007, 12:34 PM	#9
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, 11:21 AM	#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, 11:44 AM	#4
Sundae Girl sleazy in the name of amusement Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12,271	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....

01-23-2007, 12:18 PM	#6
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	Perhaps they mean "non-specific".

01-23-2007, 12:48 PM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,032	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, 01:32 PM	#13
wolf The other bright meat Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 17,854	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, 02:20 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 36,410	Whispering sweet nothings? __________________ The Truth and Robert Shapiro Shall Set You Free. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:48 PM.

01-23-2007, 02:22 PM	#15
Brianna Double Complete Rainbow Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 11,369	Where the holy gawd is sproglet????? /snicker/ yeah, that's what I thought /snicker/ __________________ "I dust a bit...I am at this moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip." — John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces)

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