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RELIGION BUILT UPON THE ANGUISH OF OTHERS?
As part of ongoing Kinship Circle alerts to end mass animal sacrifice in Nepal, we focus on the annual Khokana Festival in August.

For this religious festival, revelers pitch a frightened goat into a pond. Men wade into the pond to beat, bite and tear apart a 5-6 month old animal. The "hero" who ultimately kills this goat then leads participants in a celebratory dance. Like other blood rites in Nepal, the Khokana is outright cruelty posing as a sacred tradition.


PHOTO: From Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN). Kathmandu, August 25, 2010.


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Honorable Officials of Nepal,

I am part of the global outcry against animal sacrifice in Nepal. Please permanently end blood festivals nationwide.

I urge you to begin with the annual Khokana Festival, during which revelers pitch a frightened young goat into a pond. Men wade into the pond to beat, bite and tear apart the 5-6 month old animal. A "hero" who ultimately kills the goat then leads participants in a celebratory dance. Prior to this violent spectacle, the animal is transported without food or water. She is intentionally killed in a slow, painful manner thought to gratify deities.

Like other blood rites in Nepal, the Khokana is outright cruelty posing as sacred tradition. Clergy leaders themselves have proposed fruits and vegetables in place of animal offerings. I call upon your mercy and integrity as fellow human beings: Please replace brutal animal sacrifice with non-living symbols such as cloth, flowers, fruit, banners, candles, flags�

Bloodless rituals do not alienate tourists or cut revenue from Nepal�s tourism industry. They stop a cycle of violence that desensitizes young participants to the suffering of others. Moreover, cruelty-free religion portrays Nepal as a modern nation in sync with the rest of the world.

Nepal has made great strides to protect wildlife under international treaties. An enforceable Animal Welfare Law that shields animals from all forms of abuse, including blood rituals, would further enhance Nepal�s image as a nation with moral fortitude.

I respectfully ask you to spare goats in the August Khokana Festival and ban all events that skin, burn, behead, knife, or otherwise torment live animals as religious sacrament.

Any tradition built upon the anguish of others contradicts the very essence of religion and is without merit or justification.

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Rt. Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

P.O. Box: 23312
Singh Durbar�/�Kathmandu, Nepal
ph: 977 1 4211000, fax: +977 1 227 286 or 428 570
email: info@opmcm.gov.np
SOURCE: www.opmcm.gov.np/en/contact-us-5.html
www.opmcm.gov.np/pm/index.php


Honorable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha Prakash
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Maharajgunj�/�Kathmandu, Nepal
ph: 977 1 4416011, 4416012, 4416013, 4416014, 4416015
fax: 977 1 4416016
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EMAILS: SOURCE: www.mofa.gov.np/contact/contact.php
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NEPAL EMBASSIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Write to Nepal Embassy in your country ONLY.

IF NEPAL EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY NOT SHOWN , TRY:
NEPAL EMBASSY IN USA, WASHINGTON DC
2131 Leroy Place, N.W.�/�Washington, D.C. 20008
ph: 001 202 667 4550, fax: 001 202 667 5534
email: nepali@erols.com, info@nepalembassyusa.org, nepalembassyusa@gmail.com, washingtondc@mofa.gov.np
website: www.nepalembassyusa.org

NEPAL EMBASSY IN CANADA, OTTAWA
ph: +1 613 680 5513, 613 680 5623, fax: +1 613 422 5149
email: nepalembassy@rogers.com, ottawa@mofa.gov.np

NEPAL EMBASSY IN UK, LONDON
fax: 0044 20 7792 9861
email: eon@nepembassy.org.uk, london@mofa.gov.np

NEPAL EMBASSY IN GERMANY, BERLIN
fax: 0049 30 3435 9906
email: berlin@nepalembassy.de, nepembgermany@gmail.com, berlin@mofa.gov.np

NEPAL EMBASSY IN FRANCE, PARIS
email: nepalinparis@noos.fr, paris@mofa.gov.np

NEPAL EMBASSY IN AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA
fax: 0061 2 6162 1557
email: info@necan.gov.np, embassyofnepal@grapevine.com.au, canberra@mofa.gov.np
spacer Right Honorable President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav
Office of the President, Republic of Nepal
Sheetal Niwas�/�Kathmandu, Nepal
fax: ++(977 1) 4416495
email: mail@presidentofnepal.gov.np
SOURCE: presidentofnepal.gov.np/Contents/contact.html

Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
Singha Durbar�/�Kathmandu, Nepal
ph: 977 1 4211870, 4211879, 4211607
fax: 977 1 4211758
email: info@tourism.gov.np, tourismnp@gmail.com
SOURCE: www.tourism.gov.np

Hon. State Minister Mr. Om Prakash Yadav
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Singha Durbar�/�Kathmandu, Nepal
ph: 4211706, 4211950, 4211981
fax: 977 1 4211935 or 4211839
SOURCE: www.moac.gov.np/contacts.php

Nepali Congress Central Office
B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P.Nagar, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal
fax: ++(977 1) 5555188
email: ncparty@wlink.com.np

Communist Party of Nepal (CPN ML)
C.P Mainali
Maitidevi
email: communistparty@hotmail.com

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Head of Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Buddha Nagar
fax: 01 4602289
email: ucpnm.chq@gmail.com

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)
Head of Party, Ram Singh Shris (Rajbir)
DhobiKhola
email: cpnunified@gmail.com

Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Head of Party, Pashupati Sumsher Rana
Chabahil
email: rppnepal@enet.com.np

Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
Head of Party, Narayan Man Bijukche
Bhaktapur
fax: ++(977 1) 6613207

Tarai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
Head of Party, Mahanta Thakur
Baneshwor
fax: ++(977 1) 4462383
email: tmdp64@gmail.com

Madhesi�s People�s Right Forum
Upendra Yadav
Kupondole
fax: ++(977 1) 5541278

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PHOTO: From Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN). Kathmandu, August 25, 2010.
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