{"id":248409,"date":"2016-09-15T07:21:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248409"},"modified":"2016-09-15T07:21:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:21:53","slug":"animal-sacrifices-turn-dhaka-streets-into-rivers-of-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/animal-sacrifices-turn-dhaka-streets-into-rivers-of-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal sacrifices turn Dhaka streets into rivers of blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huge swathes of animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha turned the streets of Bangladesh&#8217;s capital into rivers of blood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248412 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blood-river-in-dhaka-3.jpg\" alt=\"blood-river-in-dhaka-3\" width=\"634\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Dhaka had designated areas in the city where residents could slaughter animals, but heavy downpours Tuesday rendered them out of action.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_248414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248414\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248414\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blood-river-in-dhaka-5.jpg\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 photo, people wade past a road turned red after blood from sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha mixed with water from heavy rainfall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Authorities in Dhaka had assigned several places in the city where residents could slaughter animals, but the heavy downpours Tuesday meant few people could use the designated areas. (AP Photo)\" width=\"634\" height=\"378\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 photo, people wade past a road turned red after blood from sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha mixed with water from heavy rainfall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Authorities in Dhaka had assigned several places in the city where residents could slaughter animals, but the heavy downpours Tuesday meant few people could use the designated areas. (AP Photo)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, Muslims took to car parks, garages and alleyways to traditionally mark Eid al-Adha &#8211; or the Feast of Sacrifice &#8211; by slaughtering livestock and when the blood flowed into the streets, it turned them red.<\/p>\n<p>Usually a goat, sheep or a cow is killed to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim&#8217;s test of faith at the festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248411 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blood-river-in-dhaka-2.jpg\" alt=\"blood-river-in-dhaka-2\" width=\"634\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meat of the sacrificed animals is shared among family and friends and poor people who cannot afford to sacrifice animals as a gesture of generosity to promote social harmony.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_248410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248410\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248410\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blood-river-in-dhaka-1.jpg\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 photo, a car drives past a road turned red after blood from sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha mixed with water from heavy rainfall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 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(AP Photo)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flooding is common in Dhaka, an overcrowded city of more than 10 million people, because of poor drainage systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Dailymail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge swathes of animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha turned the streets of Bangladesh&#8217;s capital into rivers of blood. Authorities in Dhaka had designated areas in the city where residents could slaughter animals, but heavy downpours Tuesday rendered them out of action. 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