This special issue, "Practice of Folk Knowledge to Slaughter Animals: Comparative Ethnographies of Slaughter," focuses on how folk knowledge of slaughtering animals constructs the life world while reexamining the traditional customs of slaughtering animals in terms of the practice of "folk knowledge," demonstrating adaptability, resilience, and creativity. Additionally, this issue describes case studies of ethnic and religious minorities in China, Nepal, and Indonesia—minorities who are relegated to the periphery of nation-states where the traditional customs of slaughtering animals are placed under control in their daily lives. Minorities frequently find themselves unable to avoid adapting to the majority societies. Therefore, this special issue examines how traditional practices of slaughtering animals have been sustained and transformed by political and social changes in the modern and contemporary era, focusing on the "folk knowledge" that people have created and maintained in their daily lives.
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