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It’s Qurbani eid, and here are a few innovative ways of bringing your sacrificial animals home. Our favourite is the air lifted bovine

Eid is cows is eid. That's what we primarily think of when it comes to this particular eid. And goats as well. All this mixed with chili, turmeric, salt, twenty other spices and cooked in oil. Eid is also about antacids. All the assorted cattle need to be transported individually after being selected for dinner. Usually they are walked. Sometimes they travel by truck. Other times they travel by trunk, car trunk to be precise. Last year we saw cows and goats being carried via three wheeler vans, human hauler vans and in the luggage space of old clapped out Toyota Corolla E90s. Goats have been seen zigzagging astride the passenger seat of Yamaha's latest 150cc boy racer offering. Below, we bring you some spottings of strange and stylish bovine rides from the world over. And if you spot any in Bangladesh this season, take a pic and mail to us. We'll print it, make you famous, give you money even. Or beef burger. Or a picture of it.
Enjoy your Eid.

– Ehsanur Raza Ronny, Editor, Shift