The Festival Of Killing The Cruel God Pig In Taiwan

In order to be able to raise a pig with the greatest weight in a festival in Taiwan, some owners even inject anesthetic to them and eat sand and heavy metals. On every Lunar New Year, the people of Sanxia district, New Taipei city, Taiwan organize a procession festival for god pig. The pigs are fattened as much as possible within a year and the person who gets the fattest pig will become the winner. The "God Pig" festival in Taiwan every year attracts thousands of visitors to participate and testify. The sight of pigs brought to the corpse to be mutilated and parade

. The origin of the festival so far remains unclear, but is believed to date back to the time when the mainlanders arrived on the island of Taiwan. They fatten pigs and make sacrifices to pray to the gods to protect people from wild animals, disasters and diseases.To be able to raise a pig of the greatest weight, they are continuously fattened and forced to sleep
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The Festival Of Killing The Cruel God Pig In Taiwan

Their enormous weight makes them unable to function but lying down for long periods of time. Some owners also inject pigs with anesthetic, force them to eat sand and heavy metals before the test day to gain maximum weight. In 2017, the winning pig's weight was 844 kg, along with the other pigs, the victor was slaughtered during a sacrifice at a Taoist temple. They are feathered, pecked, stretched onto metal frames, then decorated with colors and paraded across the streets of Sanxia County. The owner of the winning pig will win the gold cup, in the sense of bringing lucky and prosperous for the new year, the family of the winner will be holding a photo of the pig throughout the parade, but despite being traditional, the magic pig festival is met with criticism from animal protection organization. The ferocious way of keeping the pigs unable to move, damaging their internal organs and forcing them to endure daily pain, despite the protests, this year's festival still attracts a lot of people. Many families said that they will continue to raise pigs to take the exam next year to pray for a peaceful year and be protected by the gods, according to Hai Thu / Vnexpress ***

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