Goat sacrificed to ‘bring an end to corona’!

JAJARKOT, May 16: A goat was sacrificed to the goddess at Halduchaur in Nalgad Municipality-8, praying for ‘prevention and control of coronavirus’. Villagers gathered at the Kalika mai temple on Saturday and offered a he-goat, said local resident Hari Bahadur Khatri.

A people's representative in Nalgad died of coronavirus while the neighbouring Athbiskot municipality in Rukum west has been gripped by the virus. Hence, the offering was made to stop it, Khatri said. "As there is no way to save ourselves from the virus which has no cure, we have come to submit ourselves before the goddess," he added.

Local shaman Harka Bahadur Khatri also claimed that nobody other than Masta god and Kalikali goddess can control such diseases. People have been seeking the help of the god and goddess at times of such great crisis.

The locals collected cash to purchase the goat that was sacrificed at the temple, to be offered in the name of the goddess.