Скачать или смотреть Smörgåsbord Podcast Episode 029: The Bloody Truth About Yaks (Feat. Katrina Salisbury)

In today’s episode of Smörgåsbord, Angel and Mik talk with voice actor, Katrina Salisbury (My Little Pony). This week’s topic? The yak blood festivals in Nepal. also discover the many different uses for yaks and their relation to cows.

Angel and Kat also share about their experiences with yaks in World of Warcraft. Kat also shares her hidden stash of food in her bedroom. Also if anyone knows where to find yak butter please tweet to us @smorgiescast.

Correction: We also make reference to the ptarmigan poop episode. We mention this practice happens in Iceland, but that is incorrect as we meant to say Greenland.

00:00 Opening Song
00:38 Show introduction
06:08 What’s in your palette?
08:56 What are yaks?
12:09 Yak diet and the uses for yaks
14:54 Yak facts!
21:16 The significance of yaks in Tibet and Nepal
21:16 Yona from My Little Pony
26:17 Nepalese blood drinking festival
28:14 What happens during the blood drinking festival?
36:36 Is it healthy?
37:27 Is it good?

If you’d like to view Kat’s directorial debut you can view “The Chaddening” in YouTube:
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Resources from today’s episode:
Wikipedia
“The Significance of Yaks for Tibetan People” by Sonam Tenphel
“The Truth About Nepal's Blood-Drinking Festivals” by Maria Godoy
“A Yak Attack On Beef And Bison” by Melissa Clark
“Nepal now sees blood drinking festival” by Ians
“Festival to drink Yak blood begins in Nepal” by Hindustan Times
“Yak blood drinking festival begins in Mustang” by The Rising Nepal
“Yak” by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
“Talking Yak” by National Geographic
“Yaks” by Extravagant Yak
“7 spectacular facts about yaks” by Noel Kirkpatrick

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