Day 1
on the way to Chittagong City:
-leaving Dhaka at 5am, we brave the highway
-pull over at old Hindu village. hike up 1000 steps to Hindu temple overlook. steep and so so sweaty. the first elevation since arriving in bangladesh!
-animal sacrifice ?? made it down from the hike just in time. ladies making loud high-pitched noises at the moment of the big swipe. 2 baby goats got their heads chopped off with a big curved knife that had been blessed at a Hindu altar. we were there, along with 30 or so local people, to watch it happen from up close. the body parts moved after they were separated. all this was shocking
-we were invited to lunch by local gurus (some kind of enlightened sect). a climb up to their compund and an all-vegetarian lunch with our hands - lentils tasted good after animal sacrifice watching - invited by the gurus in friendship, and also in the hopes that we could help them travel to the USA somehow...they want to go to New York City. can you imagine them cruising Times Square? we weren't too much help but we were very friendly and appreciative
hike to temple
goat sacrifice
the gurus
