犬・牛・鳩

1月3日（月）快晴

 

カトマンズの街角では野良犬と野良牛とハトを多く見かけます。ネパール人は牛肉を食べませんが、牛乳からバターやチーズやヨーグルトを作ります。メス牛には飼い主がいて、日中は道草を食べ、夜は自分で牛舎に戻るそうです。オス牛は野良牛ですが、ヒンズー教では牛は神聖な動物なので交通事故死や餓死はしないそうです。

イスラムのタブー

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Dogs, bulls and pigeons

Mon. January 3 : fine

I see a lot of stray dogs, stray bulls and pigeons on the street corner in Kathmandu. Nepalese never eat beef but they make butter, cheese and yogurt from milk. I hear that cows have masters. Cows eat the grass that grows beside the road in daytime and they return to their cow barns by themselves at night. Oxen are ownerless but they are never killed in traffic accidents or die in starvation since bulls are believed to be holly animals in Hinduism.    

Islamic  taboo