VIETNAM-ANIMAL-TRADITION

VIETNAM-ANIMAL-TRADITION

Villagers in festive costumes push a cart carrying one of two live pigs to be slaughtered during a procession at the pig slaughter festival in the village of Nem Thuong, northern province of Bac Ninh on February 24, 2015. Thousands of revellers gathered at a village near Vietnam’s capital Hanoi to witness the brutal execution of two pigs in a bloody tradition widely condemned by animal rights groups. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM