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  2. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    Meat eating Indians also do not kill or eat monkeys. Killing and eating monkeys (or other animals which are considered wild) is both taboo and illegal in India. In Malagasy culture, lemurs are considered to have souls ( ambiroa ) which can get revenge if mocked while alive or if killed in a cruel fashion.

  3. Diet in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    A significant portion of Hindus are non-vegetarians, [43] although even those who identify as non-vegetarian eat very little meat. India has significantly lower meat consumption than other regions of the world. [44] Non-vegetarian Indians mostly prefer poultry, fish, other seafood, goat, and sheep as their sources of meat. [45]

  4. Cattle slaughter in India - Wikipedia

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    A goat being slaughtered at Kali Puja, painting by an Indian artist.Dated between 1800 and 1899. Inscription on verso: "A Hindoo sacrifice" According to Nanditha Krishna the cow veneration in ancient India during the Vedic era, the religious texts written during this period called for non-violence towards all bipeds and quadrupeds, and often equated killing of a cow with the killing of a human ...

  5. Race Gurram - Wikipedia

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    Race Gurram (transl. Race Horse) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film [citation needed] co-written & directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas under his banner Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions.

  6. Animal sacrifice in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    A Sanskrit term used for animal sacrifice is bali, in origin meaning "tribute, offering or oblation" generically ("vegetable oblations [... and] animal oblations,"). [7] Bali among other things "refers to the blood of an animal" [ 7 ] and is sometimes known as Jhatka Bali [ 8 ] [ 9 ] among Hindus.

  7. Jhatka - Wikipedia

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    These organizations define kutha meat as any type of slaughtered meat, and eating meat of any type is forbidden aside from that which is slaughtered on religious festivals and individual "Akhand paht" three-day prayers. [9] In early 1987 Kharkus issued a moral code banning the sale and consumption of meat and for jhatka shops to be closed. The ...

  8. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated. Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the context. [1] Hindustani profanities often contain references to incest and notions of honor. [2]

  9. Islamic dietary laws - Wikipedia

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    Halal butcher shop in Shanghai, China. In Islamic law, dhabīḥah (Arabic: ذَبِيحَة) is the prescribed method of slaughter for halal animals. It consists of a swift, deep incision to the throat with a very sharp knife, cutting the wind pipe, jugular veins and carotid arteries on both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.