DUKE1, wtf? There IS a sense of shame that we still have this shit going on as a symbolic event. Why couldn't all this be done indoors so that all this hype and media hoopla would not have materialized?? Its outright bull that the international media has made us all a laughing stock for the actions of a relative few who still practice this barbaric form of worship. Hell, every Nepali (even us non-hindus) are being ridiculed at for this "symbolic event." Most peeps I know have always known Nepal as being a peace-loving country of the Buddha and now this?? This is totally the end of the spectrum they're seeing here!! BTW, Barbaric acts such as sacrifices were a part of Christianity/Judaeism (in the Old Testament..Abraham's story) but they today are done with it. This is the modern times, and no matter what, sacrifices to appease God's will is just not justifiable anymore...Hell, did God ask us for sacrifices? If he created us all, he should come and take us back, ain't it? Who are we to destroy his creation...Aren't we rather disrespecting his will by destroying his creation?? Think about it. And sursum, ain't no point going at IMI as the fugger's got sawdust for brains.