Well, I
lied about being blog-less, but this couldn’t wait! If you’ve been on facebook,
you would have seen this already – it wouldn’t be a proper trip to Africa
without witnessing a goat slaughter. I had forgotten that we were having a goat
roast today as a study break and to sort of celebrate almost being done with
work for the program. But, of course, you can’t have a goat roast without a
goat.
All I can
say, it that it only took 5 seconds from start to finish – which I was happily
surprised about (for my own and the goat’s sake). And I have a new found
appreciation for butchery. It’s most definitely an art form that I am now fascinated
by. Also, I can now appreciate the human body much more – seeing everything
that works inside a (previously) living organism just shows how incredibly
engineered the human body is.
Back to
studying – but this was definitely an experience to write down. Hopefully this
isn’t too gory for anyone! But it’s part of the culture here and you know what
they say – when in Rome… (or Tanzania, in this case…)
Ah, your mom was born on a farm. While I don't have any memory of such events, my mom shared many stories about goats, pigs, chickens, ducks, and rabbits - and their demise. Oddly enough I have never turned off meat. Let's face it, blood pudding is one of my favorite food groups! It's more modern day "animal farming" that seems a trifle more troubling.
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