1/12/2006: Skins for Eid

Undertoad · 01-12-2006, 09:47 AM

A followup to yesterday's image? The rest of the beast? Not really, as this scene is in Bangladesh. And it's not really clear how we got here -- where these skins came from. The WaPo caption says Skin traders pile cow skins by the roadside as Muslims celebrate the biggest Eid-al-Ahda festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But it doesn't say whether the skins come from sacrifices, whether there's a pile of heads right down the road -- or if this is just routine Bangladeshi commerce on a busy day. Anyway, the WaPo put this one up this morning so I couldn't help but bring you more beef.

Kitsune · 01-12-2006, 09:54 AM

Photographs rarely invoke olfaction. This one, unfortunatly, does.

Sundae · 01-12-2006, 10:11 AM

Bangladesh is well known in India as a centre for leather production (it provides 2-3% of the world's leather) and yes - the days after Eid-Al-Azha are a boom time for the industry.

glatt · 01-12-2006, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Photographs rarely invoke olfaction. This one, unfortunatly, does.

You nailed it. My very first reaction when I saw the picture was "I bet that smells bad."

axlrosen · 01-12-2006, 10:52 AM

Looks like the boss-man is there taking notes, wearing a suit and sandals. And maybe that's his assistant with his back to us, wearing a suit and a... ski cap??

capnhowdy · 01-12-2006, 11:41 AM

A lot of leather laying there. No hijack intended, but this image raises a question for me. I wonder if the animal rights activists who boycott fur wear leather shoes, belts, etc.? Wouldn't leather be considered cow fur? hmmmm.......

mrnoodle · 01-12-2006, 12:07 PM

I worked for a taxidermist for awhile several years ago. It smells as bad as you imagine it does. It's actually not all that bad when the hides are fresh...the stink really starts if you can't get around to scraping and salting the hides for a day or two.

It's not the skin that stinks, it's the fluid and meat associated with it.

Wormfood · 01-12-2006, 01:02 PM

Woah,Now I got a flashback. Just remembered when I was assigned a job to transport a whole semitrailer of halfrotten mooseskins to a dump.This was more than 10 years ago.I don't remember how bad they smelled but I do remember that if you pulled lightly on its fur, it loosened easily.

Our regular truckwash guy had some remarks too...

wolf · 01-12-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

A lot of leather laying there. No hijack intended, but this image raises a question for me. I wonder if the animal rights activists who boycott fur wear leather shoes, belts, etc.? Wouldn't leather be considered cow fur? hmmmm.......

I love catching them doing that.

Leah · 01-12-2006, 05:37 PM

There's an awful lot of cow skin in those piles. The bottom skin must have been a bit on the smelly side by the time it was purchased.

lawman · 01-12-2006, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by axlrosen

, wearing a suit and a... ski cap??

Yup - you see, it's winter over there and high's of 25 celsius are frigid compared to the summer high's of 45 celsius. It's not uncommon to see the locals in wool sweaters and toques (look it up, eh!) while north americans tourists are sweating buckets in shorts and t-shirts.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by axlrosen

Looks like the boss-man is there taking notes, wearing a suit and sandals. And maybe that's his assistant with his back to us, wearing a suit and a... ski cap??

The writer might be a reporter?
I was under the impression this is a one day deal......as in all the critters are sacrificed the same day, at the end of a multiday festival.
I'd bet that pile of hides will be gone at the end of the day.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2006, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

A lot of leather laying there. No hijack intended, but this image raises a question for me. I wonder if the animal rights activists who boycott fur wear leather shoes, belts, etc.? Wouldn't leather be considered cow fur? hmmmm.......

Let's not leave out film and photographic paper. It's gelatin you vegans! Not fur, but ears and toes of baby cows.

I mean

BWWWWWAAAAA HHHHAAAAAAAA!!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-13-2006, 11:20 AM

Oow, thank you, thank you, 3foot! Film and photo paper....good ammo.

Kitsune · 01-13-2006, 11:59 AM

Very strange -- film was a concern.

Ah, my favorite medium has died, animal protien and all.

01-12-2006, 09:47 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/12/2006: Skins for Eid A followup to yesterday's image? The rest of the beast? Not really, as this scene is in Bangladesh. And it's not really clear how we got here -- where these skins came from. The WaPo caption says Skin traders pile cow skins by the roadside as Muslims celebrate the biggest Eid-al-Ahda festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But it doesn't say whether the skins come from sacrifices, whether there's a pile of heads right down the road -- or if this is just routine Bangladeshi commerce on a busy day. Anyway, the WaPo put this one up this morning so I couldn't help but bring you more beef.

01-12-2006, 11:41 AM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	A lot of leather laying there. No hijack intended, but this image raises a question for me. I wonder if the animal rights activists who boycott fur wear leather shoes, belts, etc.? Wouldn't leather be considered cow fur? hmmmm....... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-12-2006, 12:07 PM	#7
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I worked for a taxidermist for awhile several years ago. It smells as bad as you imagine it does. It's actually not all that bad when the hides are fresh...the stink really starts if you can't get around to scraping and salting the hides for a day or two. It's not the skin that stinks, it's the fluid and meat associated with it. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

01-12-2006, 01:02 PM	#8
Wormfood Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	Woah,Now I got a flashback. Just remembered when I was assigned a job to transport a whole semitrailer of halfrotten mooseskins to a dump.This was more than 10 years ago.I don't remember how bad they smelled but I do remember that if you pulled lightly on its fur, it loosened easily. Our regular truckwash guy had some remarks too... Last edited by Wormfood; 01-12-2006 at 01:05 PM.

01-13-2006, 11:20 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oow, thank you, thank you, 3foot! Film and photo paper....good ammo. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2006, 09:54 AM	#2
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Photographs rarely invoke olfaction. This one, unfortunatly, does.

01-12-2006, 10:11 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Bangladesh is well known in India as a centre for leather production (it provides 2-3% of the world's leather) and yes - the days after Eid-Al-Azha are a boom time for the industry.

01-12-2006, 10:52 AM	#5
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	Looks like the boss-man is there taking notes, wearing a suit and sandals. And maybe that's his assistant with his back to us, wearing a suit and a... ski cap??

01-12-2006, 05:37 PM	#10
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	There's an awful lot of cow skin in those piles. The bottom skin must have been a bit on the smelly side by the time it was purchased.

01-13-2006, 11:59 AM	#15
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Very strange -- film was a concern. Ah, my favorite medium has died, animal protien and all.

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