This clip is ridiculous! That goat was one of the poor animals selected for Idul Adha sacrifice at Jombang, East Java. That line at the neck is the line used as a guide for cutting.
They said the slaughterman was a very experienced one, had slaughtered more than 100 goats. The process was also done in accordance with Islamic laws which dictate that you have to pray first before killing (halal).
Anyhow, this goat happened to still be alive 8 hours after being ’slaughtered’. But instead of blaming the butcher who screwed up and just tortured the goat, the word went out that this goat has supernatural power (usually the animals just died without trouble), or maybe (this is my opinion)…. maybe they are afraid that somehow the power of an angel, or God’s grace is protecting the goat from a quick and painless death.
Hmm.. how come someone there didn’t think of making the crowd really scared, like… this goat’s soul was protected by the Prophet Ismael himself! So, it cannot be slaughtered, that’s why it’s still alive although it should be dead.
Or, someone didn’t say, omg! We slaughtered wrong goat! This goat isn’t Muslim! It must be a Christian goat, because it resurrects after death
Instead of quickly re-slaughtering the goat to finish it off, they stupidly kept it alive. Surely the wound tortured the poor creature, at least it must have been dizzy or something!
The guy in the clip said: they have conducted the correct ritual of Idul Adha slaughtering (including praying and cutting the veins), so for the moment they just do nothing except to wait for the goat to die (Let God decide whether this goat will live or die eventually)
Meanwhile the hansip took the initiative and started collecting money from people wanting to see the magic, dying goat.
One of the Idul Adha Sacrifice committee members said on the clip that only when the goat really really shows the signs of being alive, will they again repeat the ritual.
I believe the goat died that day. Poor animal! And I agree with one of the YouTube commentators who condemned this pathetic TV station (the logo is on the screen) for broadcasting this news as ‘KAMBING AJAIB’ supernatural… Oh come on, don’t you have any other angle to report that news? why didn’t the reporter contact a licensed vet to take a look whether the butcher did the job right!
And I bet the TV broadcasted this item during the ‘family entertainment’ news segment… Arrrrgh!
I must say in my defense that I didn’t notice how unsteady the goat actually looks. Watching it a second time, I can now see it’s barely able to stand. I was more intrigued by the way such a simple thing as a stray goat can become a huge (local) tourist attraction. I shouldn’t really be so surprised - even I can draw a small crowd in certain parts of Java, just by being me!
It’s almost Idul Adha time again, I hope to bring you another interesting story about it in a few weeks. Maybe I should make a separate category just for goats?
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