One hot afternoon in Pajule, Pade, we were told a goat was to be slaughtered to feed us dinner. We've never received a live gift like that before... it has been alive for 1.5 years and was large enough to feed over 40 people!
We all gathered around, banana leaves covered the red dirt ground, and children began to circle around to watch us watching the goat.
A local Acholi man was asked to kill the goat, and as he began to cut the noise was so painful that I had to cover my ears. I has started filming and literally had to stop because I felt like I was invading some kind of sacred privacy of the goat's death.
That night I could barely eat one piece of that meat... makes me realized just how separated we are in the US from our food. We never have to plant it, ask for rain, kill our animals, tear the feathers off or skin them. We simply go to a grocery and buy what looks appetizing. Well, I can assure you, the sound of a goat dying and the look of it is definitely not appetizing!
Here's some pictures from that day and I'll post a video of some women laughing at my 'freak-out' reaction!
PHOTOS of GOAT
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Hi Katie - I don't blame you for not wanting to
ReplyDeleteeat a piece of that goat after watching it be
slaughtered. I know I wouldn't have, either. Makes me glad I live in the USA. I imagine you
have to be careful what you eat. Love 'ya, GRAM