Keywords: A goat sacrifice, India, ca. 1906 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-58).jpg en <br> A goat sacrifice India ca 1906 Tinted lantern slide showing a group of men and women gathered around the sacrifice of a goat The goat's head sits in a wooden rest whilst its body lies a distance away on the ground A bare chested man stands with a cleaver placed above a bucket The sacrifice seems to take place in a stone courtyard The goat would have been killed as part of a ceremony by Jhatka decapitation by a single blow Animal sacrifice is not a prescribed part of Hinduism although it is practised in northern India by worshippers of the goddess Kali This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India Bihar and Orissa and Nepal Photographer Unknown Filename IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-58 tif Coverage date 1900/1910 Subject unesco Religious activities; Customs and traditions Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file Volume3/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-58 tif Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country India Format aacr2 lantern slides 8 2 x 8 2cm Geographic subject continent Asia Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Regions Beyond Missionary Union India captioned lantern slides CSCNWW33/OS14 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Date created 1900/1910 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre general views Format aat lantern slides; photographs Geographic subject state Bihar Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject populated places File CSCNWW33/OS14/58 Subject lcsh Animal sacrifice; Hinduism 1900/1910 date created author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78273 PD-old-70-1923 Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Animal sacrifice in India Animal sacrifice in art |