Sightings if the Sacred: Cattle in India, Uganda and Madagascar - photographs by Daniel Naudé

For the past two years Naudé has focused on photographing cattle in societies where these animals are revered and venerated. This is a position far removed from the Western world where they are mostly seen as productive sources of milk, meat and skins. Naudé first photographed the Ankole cattle in Uganda, renowned for their majestic horns which ideally curve out and then inward. In Madagascar, the distinctive Zebu cattle form part of the Bara people's cosmology and ancestor worship. In India, the Brahmin culture sees cows, along with all other life forms, as manifestations of god.

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