buffalo sacrifice

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Sacrifice of buffaloes is important and relatively common in Nepalese
rituals and it forms a major part in the peculiar Sacrifice of serpents
(unknown in other parts of the subcontinent, but which reminds us of king
Janamejaya's sacrifice in the Mahabharata) at the festival of Indrayani in
Kathmandu, of which a 108-minute ethnographic film was made by Dirk Nijland,
Balgopal Shrestha and Bert van den Hoek (distribution: Institute of Cultural
and Social Sciences. Film Library, Wassenaarseweg 52, NL-2333 AK  Leiden;
fax +31-71-5273619). The buffalo sacrifice takes place in a temple and it
precedes the sacrifice of serpents and some other wild animals.
See also Hoek, B. van den, and Balgopal Shrestha "The Sacrifice of Serpents
... " in Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient 79.1(1992)  pp.
57-75.
Jan Houben
-----Original Message-----
From: beitel <beitel at GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: buffalo sacrifice


>This Cenci buffalo sacrifice is also written up by me in a 1984 issue of
the
>journal _Uomo_, an issue on meat ed. by Christiano Grottanelli.
>
>>===== Original Message From Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK> =====
>>An annual buffalo-sacrifice takes place in Chitra-month in Cenci,
Tamilnadu.
>>It's during the annual festival for the three main goddesses of the place
>>(Mariyamman, Kaliyamman and Kamalakkaniyamman, a local goddess) - and it
is
>>a combination of religious sacrifice and royal ceremony...
>>
>>
>>
>>I witnessed the festival a few years ago and collected video- and
>>photo-documents of it which I am willing to share, if requested.
>>
>>
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Ulrike
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Professor D N Jha [mailto:dnjha at DEL2.VSNL.NET.IN]
>>Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 11:29 AM
>>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>>Subject: buffalo sacrifice
>>
>>
>>Dear List Members,
>>
>>I am trying to find out the temples in India where baffalo is sacrificed
or
>>was sacrificed till recent times. Could any one be so kind to provide
>>relevant information/references?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>D.N.Jha