First off, I am not a vegetarian, nor vegan and probably never will
be. But after watching this film which has no words to the video, it
send a very powerful message which I am sure is unique to each
individual.
The first thing I thought of was the utter disappointment of being
human. Seeing the process from concept to completion, beginning to end
is pretty disturbing. Maybe a salad for tonight?
Let me know how it made you feel? It can be anything as long as it’s honest.
Michael W says:
“This is pretty much why even if I’m a meat eater–I don’t support
factory farming while preferring to go local, and try to keep
consumption down to a minimum. I’m also for lab grown and synthesized
food, support technologies like 3D printing. I look towards a future
like that of Star Trek where we can simply replicate food–so that one
day this, and the slaughter of animals in general will be a thing of the
past.”
Saneie Masilela kissed his wife and said he loves her
despite the huge age gap that has stunned villagers who describe the
marriage as 'sickening'
Nine-year-old Saneie Masilela has become the world's youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he tied the knot with last year.
Dressed
in a silvery tuxedo, baby-faced Saneie clutched the hand of
mother-of-five Helen Shabangu - her children are aged between 28- and
38-years-old - as they repeated their vows a year on in front of 100
guests.
The schoolboy says he did it to make the marriage
'official' but other villagers in Ximhungwe in Mpumalanga, South Africa
describe it as "sickening".
The ceremony - where guests shared a
piece of cake - took place in front of Helen's long-term husband Alfred
Shabangu, 66, who was there last year as well.
He said: "My kids
and I are happy because we don't have a problem with her marrying the
boy - and I don’t care what other people say.”
Both families claim
the wedding is simply another 'ritual' after Saneie was told by his
dead ancestors to wed last year and his parents forked out £500 for the
bride and another £1,000 for the ceremony.
But the schoolboy - the
youngest of five children – wanted to follow South African tradition
and insisted they have the second ceremony this week to make their
marriage official.
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Sealed with a kiss: Sanele, 9, and bride Helen, 63
The young groom said he still hoped he would have a proper wedding to a woman his own age when he was older.
He added: “I told my mother that I wanted to get married because I really did want to.
"I'm happy that I married Helen – but I will go to school and study hard.
"When I’m older I will marry a lady my own age. I chose Helen because I love her and, although we don’t live together all the time, we meet at the dumping site where my mother works regularly."
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worker Helen – who donned the same dress as last year – said: “I’m
very happy that the boy chose me and my family support and understand
that it is part of making ancestors happy.
"One day Sanele would
grow normally and have family of his own and get married one day, all
this ceremony is for making ancestors happy. We are playing.”
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Bizarre ceremony: Rings of the happy couple
Sanele’s 47-year-old mum, Patience Masilela said: “Sanele was
fine and he was happy about the ceremony last year and it what he wanted
– he was not shy.
“He was just happy to get married, very excited and was not embarrassed about it. So much so he wanted to do it again.
“After
the wedding last year people keep asking them question like will they
live together, sleep together, have babies but I keep telling them that
after the wedding everything went back to normal - nothing changed.
“Sanele
moved to Venda not long after the wedding because he wanted to learn a
new language, but they are very close. Our families are very close.
“It was nice celebrate with a wedding once more, it was after all a calling from the ancestors.
“By
doing this we made the ancestors happy. If we hadn’t done what my son
had asked then something bad would have happened in the family."
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