Live Pig Chopped into Halves in Rural Vietnam Festival (Graphic)

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Okay. I probably have something against pigs. They’re bloated, eat junk, like junk, and they can be really fierce. You and an angry warthog, alone? Game Over.

But this…

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…is just, well, gross!

It’s the annual “pig-chopping” festival in the Vietnamese town of Nem Thuong, some 25 miles north of Hanoi. The festival is held in honor of the local guardian deity, Doan Thuong, on the sixth day of each lunar new year. The celebrations include traditional festival features, such as a parade and live music, but one part of the ceremony is not for the lily-livered.

Enter King Pig.

According to Yahoo! News India, a live pig is shuttled around the village before being placed supine on the ground. Assistants hold ropes attached to the pig’s legs, spreading the animal’s appendages apart to expose its belly. A man wielding a large blade then chops the pig into two messy halves, and the villagers rush to smear the blood on bank notes, hoping for good pecuniary luck in the new year.

What a way to get to the porcine afterlife.

Activists inside Vietnam and abroad have condemned the practice, of course. We would like to think P.E.T.A. has had a talk or two with the village honcho over…a breakfast of bacon with ham slices mixed in. You know.

Graphic footage ahead.

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John Henry
John Henry

that shit is wrong. that has to be a very painful way to go. not only was the video very disgusting, the cameraman couldn't hold a camera straight if his life depended on it.

Sweetie Pie
Sweetie Pie

omg, well you know its an animal and will always be in our table but this is really not a good scene.

Kevin Butler
Kevin Butler

Fucking animals....I'd like to see that pig come back from the other side, and butcher a few of those villagers....

Thomas Owens
Thomas Owens

This is pretty bad, including eating live animals.

Jodie Geleta
Jodie Geleta

I love how other cultures celebrate. Too bad North America does not accept other cultures practices.

Marinus Rooibaard Calitz
Marinus Rooibaard Calitz

If a "cultural celebration" includes the inhumane slaughter of an animal, then it's a pretty f*d up cuture. These kind of traditions should be rejected with prejudice!

Lucy Marianela
Lucy Marianela

shut the fuck up ok? north americans dont revel in cruelty to animals.. stupid bitch..

Joe Effdöt
Joe Effdöt

Of course that all varies on how far you want to go with treatment of animals. Cultures vary severely on this subject.

Joe Effdöt
Joe Effdöt

Well it's an ethical issue in this case. The pig is definitely suffering, versus taking a bolt to the brain that kills it in an instant.