The Horse Sacrifice

1970 18min

Broadcast to a large portion of the Danish population in January 1970, Hesteofringen ('Horse Sacrifice') was the ostensible ritual slaughtering and dismemberment of a horse in protest of the ongoing war in Vietnam (the horse was actually very old and put down humanely by a vet).

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Hesteofringen, 1970

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"Hesteofringen" - Henning Christiansen's Archive

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