1.   Shortlisted candidates must pass tough tests, including spending a night among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes.

2.   The cat stood on a tree branch chewing on the carcass of a recently slaughtered goat a staffer had tied there.

3.   The kumari candidate must endure difficult tests, including spending a night among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes.

4.   The top of the temple is splattered with the dried, reddish-brown blood of a recently slaughtered goat.

5.   Troussier, according to The Star newspaper, recently took part in a traditional African cleansing ritual that involved dipping his hands in the blood of a slaughtered goat.