Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Drinking the blood of living livestock, as a routine part of their diet is as close to this as I've found in our contemporary world.

This is still done in some African tribes today.

https://africafreak.com/maasai-people

"Africa is home to an abundance of magnificent tribes that are rich in culture, ethnicity, and brimming with history. African tribes have individual senses of traditions and customs, which make every tribe unlike another.

Africa has seen a great deal of progression in the former two millennia, however, the influence African tribes possess is insurmountable.

The Maasai are a well-known Nilotic ethnic group native to East Africa. Traditionally, they are semi-nomadic cattle and goat herders, with a current population of between one and two million individuals.

Based on the Maasai’s Nilotic language and unwritten history, the consensus is that they originated in South Sudan. Specifically, their roots are in the lower Nile Valley, somewhere near the border with northwestern Kenya.

The traditional Maasai diet consists primarily of blood, milk, fat, and meat from their cattle, as well as honey and tree bark. They would drink both fresh and curdled milk regularly and use it to make butter.

Meat is a less common affair, as the Maasai measure a man’s wealth in terms of how many cattle he owns, not how many he eats.

Blood, which they obtain through a non-lethal cut in the cow’s jugular, is for special occasions. They drink it raw and mixed with milk, boil it, and use it in cooking."

https://guardian.ng/life/the-bodi-tribe-where-men-drink-blood-and-milk/

"Ethiopia is a land of many cultures that have been preserved despite western civilization. Along the Lower Omo valley river in Southern Ethiopia resides one of these kinds: the Bodi Tribe. The Bodi people are neighbours to the Mursi Tribe. The Bodi people are agriculturalists who still engage in trade by barter system.

These pastoral people revere their cows. Their cows are so special to them that its fresh blood together with fresh milk is a source of food for this people. Rather than kill the cows, they make a hole in one of its veins to get the blood out and close it back with clay.

These animals are also used in certain ceremonies. Among the ceremonies is the peculiar new year celebration.

At the start of each year [the month of June in the Gregorian calendar], they hold a “Ka’el ceremony” (ceremony of fat men) to mark the new year celebrations. The Ka’el ceremony is a competition for men who are not married which involves drinking the blood mixture. The 14 clans present a man who is single and they deem fit for the competition. Those who are contesting prepare for six months.

There is a procedure for drinking the first bowl of 2 litres at sunrise while the rest is taken all day."

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

Very interesting! Thanks you! Africa has always been fascinating to me! This video is one that I watched many months ago when I was playing on YouTube. It has nothing to do with this thread! I just wanted to share it with your article for anyone else that is interested. It is about an English lady that married a Maasai and lives in his village, fully accepting the Maasai lifestyle.

https://youtu.be/FGwDfgyM-NI