to have you with us it's been called the world's bloodiest festival every 5 years in nepal hindu dave ortiz gather for the god the my festival in a pall a religious event where thousands of animals are sacrificed to a hindu goddess but it is a controversial practice and it's pretty devote against animal rights activists who have been fighting to get the mass sacrifice stopped it's a gruesome scene thousands of buffaloes slaughtered in a field but for hindu pilgrims this is a gift to a goddess a sacrifice meant to bring luck and prosperity. devoted from all over the country bring their animals for slaughter families journey here carrying along their heart's deepest desires while mother my heart failed in his exams promise to offer a goat and if his grades improved his grades are good now and i hope my son will finish 1st in his class. the centuries old tradition takes place every 5 years in the remote nepali village of the poor. animal rights activists have long argued that it inhumane and in 2016 nepal supreme court agreed calling on the government to bring an end to the practice. the supre