#84: Aidiladha

Dear Memory,

I was in my room back at my hometown when I wrote this entry..while everyone has started working on Tuesday after the Raya Aidiladha, here I am, still guling-guling happily..

This year's Raya Haji means a lot to me because I got to experience menyembelih one of the 5 cows myself!

It started last year when the qariah surau agreed to let the young adult to slaughter the lembu under the supervision of Tok Imam. The idea is to expose these young adults with the technical skills as well as the knowledge with regards to the korban.

At first I was thrilled with the idea though. However, I could not convince myself enough to volunteer when asked by the Imam last year. So last year I blew the chance and others got to do it. There were five cows, the Imam did the first one and the youngsters did the rest. (To be honest, I was a lil bit frustrated last year sebab terlepas peluang tu) 

Last year, there were comments by Imam bcoz most of them did not do it neatly and cleanly the first time. Pak Imam has to check a few times to find out whether urat halqum (saluran udara) and urat marih (saluran darah) ware perfectly cut. Some were even struggling to slaughter the lembu and could not find the two urats masa tengah menyembelih.

Pak Imam cakap, parang/pisau sembelih hendaklah diletak/bermula dari bawah dan ditarik ke atas melingkari tengkuk lembu tersebut. By right, sekali tarik keatas sahaja (dengan pisau yang tajam itu) kedua dua urat tersebut sepatutnya putus dengan sekali jalan sahaja.

Tolakan kedua (setelah pisau itu ditarik ke atas, tolak semula ke tempat asal di bawah tanpa angkat pisau) di buat sepatutnya hanya untuk mengemaskan/pastikan sembelihan tu sahaja. So sembelihan yang kemas tak akan lebih dari satu tarikan dari bawah ke atas (untuk memotong urat2 tersebut) dan satu tolakan dari atas kebawah (untuk mengemaskan sembelihan) tanpa mengangkat pisau sembelih.


So this year, I was so determined to do it. without hesitation I just volunteered. yeay.
And I did quite well Alhamdulillah.! 

I did just exactly like Pak Imam told us. Clean. Cuma ada terlebih satu tarikan sebab tak sure sangat. Tapi all in all, Pak Imam diam je the whole proses, takde komen. Yes, I did it!

I guess it helps when you have the experience pernah sembelih ayam sebelum ni.

I think my first experience sembelih ayam was in secondary school. It was all the same concept mcm sembelih ayam kot except that lembu is bigger and the vein is bigger and the diameter of the neck also bigger. Other than that its all the same I guess.

And wow. Darah mencurah-curah ke ladang gandum habaq hang and suprisingly I was okay with that. Lol. (There is something ironic here about this fact. Its something that Im gonna tell you in the continuation of my 20 facts about me. Hmm bila nak tulis tu jangan tanya, I dont have any idea..kemalasan melanda.. kahkah)



So, here is the samurai..!

p/s: ada orang cakap, muka tu kalau buat bengis sikit dah jadi mcm serial killer dah..hahaha