Bloody Eid (warning to vegetarians and small children - don't look at this post!)

I know that it was a while ago now, but it has to be recorded...
Eid number two (around December/Jan) is the Eid of bloodiness in which people sacrifice a cow, buffallow, goat, or anything else that they can afford, and give a third of it to their poorer relatives, or the poor on the street.

As queasy as animal slaughter makes me, I was keen to see this bizarre event, so, on St Martin's Island (where we were at the time -I know, this happened 6 months ago now!) we settled in on our veranda for some spectator sport...
There were several simultaneously amusing and disturbing instances of people chasing goats (in order to catch and kill them) in which I'm pleased to say, the goat made the man look rather silly... Not having seen enough of the action, we ventured out onto the path to have a closer look... and I learnt a little more about the anatomy of cows. That night (new year's eve, actually), we hoped for a little beefy action in our curry, but alas! In the spirit of the day (?!) we heard our chicken being strangled in the kitchen on its way to the table...