Dead chickens

Dead chickens
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl stands near slaughtered chickens during Kaparot in Jerusalem September 20, 2007. Kaparot is an ancient custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement. The slaughtered chickens are then donated to the poor. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (JERUSALEM)

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