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Badness-removing belief is done by races in different ways such as sacrificing and alms giving in order to remove the bad. This study analyzes sacrificing animals’ belief in Bakhtiari tribe. Sacrificing is a religious tradition and has been present in different cultures and nations. Many religious traditions recommend sacrificing an animal in order to be protected from badness. Bakhtiari based on Islamic and Eid-ul-Adha codes kill animals such as sheep, goat, and cow on top of the mountains. Another reason people kill animals is to remove badness in wedding ceremony.among other sample of badness-removing based on not killing animals ways such as writing pray and DamB and Kardan are remarkable.
Received: 2016/08/1 | Accepted: 2017/05/22 | Published: 2017/06/24