COW Worth
Let´s take a look at how we worship the COW today.
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Wall Street Bull New York, NY - Wall St Bull (Roadside America) - |
Bull & bear from Frankfurt, Germany |
December 15, 2006 - There´s the rub: Where to put Wall Street statue? (American Public Media) - It's a statue of a bull and a
bear by a Frenchman named Isadore BonHeur
that stood at the Lunch Club at the New York Stock Exchange for 82
years.
The Lunch Club folded this year.
Why does the bull always seem to be winning?
Some links...in case you want to buy one! :)
Jules Isadore Bonheur Information (Bronze Gallery) - look, he made a lion too! -
Bull & Bear (Sculpture Gallery) - Bull & Bear (Andevan Bronzeworks) - rear view too.
If you have photos of bulls at other stock exchanges (Wiki), please send them to me.
Other Stock Exchanges
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Turkey
Istanbul_Stock_Exchange (Wiki) |
There is a magnificent, four-meter high marble statue of the "Bull and Bear", in front of the ISE building’s protocol entrance. Created by one of Turkey’s foremost sculptors, Mehmet Aksoy, the statue symbolizes the behavior of the world’s stock markets, an aggressive bull poised to attack the surrendering bear. |
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Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (Wiki) |
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange bull and bear statues in front, Vietnam_posttrip_article.pdf (FWA) [ I am planning to visit Vietnam in 2008 or 2009 at the latest. |
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China
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Chongqing Kaifeng, China - http://berclo.net/page97/97en-china-8.html Shenzhen n/info/20030 |
Moo break
Real Cows! - LIvestock
And if you are "not sophisticated" enough to have a stock exchange....
download and insert photos.
Worth based on # of cows
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Kenya
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June 3, 2002 - Kenyan Masai donate cows to US (BBC) - American diplomats have been given 14 cows by Kenyan Masai tribespeople in a gesture of sympathy following the 11 September attacks......."I know that for the Masai people the cow is valued above all possessions and that the gift of a cow is the highest expression of regard and sympathy," Mr Brancick said. "When we count the value of these cows, and when we add the value of the great spirits that gave them, we can say without doubt that you seem richer still." |
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South Africa
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Oct.6, 2000 - SA President pays for skipping wedding (BBC) - South African President Thabo Mbeki is being fined one cow for failing to attend the Lesotho royal wedding in February and will have to present the fine in person.......However it is planned that the president will fly to Lesotho, fetch the cow and deliver it on foot |
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Ireland
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Aug.21, 2007 - Pampered cows get good night´s sleep (BBC) - Frazzled bovines down on the farm can now look forward to taking to their 'cow beds' at the end of a stressful day in the fields.....The £45 mattresses are said to help the contented cows produce more milk....."If you lie in a comfortable bed all night you'll be in good form all day. It's the same for cows," said Ms Wilson. |
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India |
Aug.30, 2007 - Photo ID cards for cattle (BBC) - Indian border guards are photographing cows in villages in the eastern state of West Bengal and issuing them with identity cards, officials say. |
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Wales |
Slaughter call over ´sacred´bull (BBC) Nearly 4,000 people have signed an online petition to save Shambo. ....Maya Warrier, a lecturer in religious studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, said reverence of the cow was important in the religious beliefs of many Hindus. She said: "It goes back a long way to the Aryans in India in about 1500 BC. "They were a pastoral, cattle-rearing community - the cow had a high economic value and having a lot of cows symbolised prosperity. "More recently, the god Krishna is one of the most popular gods in contemporary Hinduism and he is also portrayed as a pastoral figure. |
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England, UK
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Cow herd to be tracked from space (BBC) - A herd of cows in the Yorkshire Dales are to have their every move monitored by satellite in a conservation project. Fifty cows on the Ingleborough Nature Reserve will wear electronic collars with a Global Positioning System (GPS) Experts hope the devices will reveal where the cows go and what they eat, helping to preserve rare vegetation. |
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Malawi |
Sept.19, 2007 - Malawi White Gold Flows (Africa News) |
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Malawi
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May 7, 2003 - Cow becomes Africa´s first clone (BBC) - As some of South Africa´s dairy cows are now being taken to the abattoirs and some being cross bred into beef herds, in Malawi a dairy cow has become a golden animal that has catapulted smallholder farmers out of poverty. |
Oct.26, 2005 - Court upholds cow slaughter ban (BBC) - Indian historians are divided over the tradition of eating beef in India. In a book published a few years ago on India's dietary traditions, Prof DN Jha, spoke about historical evidence of beef-eating practices in ancient India. But the eating of beef remains highly sensitive in India.
July 10, 2007 - Garlic may cut cow flatulence (BBC) - "Initial results show that extracts of garlic compound
could reduce the amount of methane produced by the animals by 50%," he
said.
"Garlic directly attacks the organisms in the gut that produce methane."
....Experts consider cows the biggest single source of
methane - a gas 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide when it comes
to global warming.
[I wonder if this works on humans]
June 10, 2005 - Killer cow arrested in Nigeria (BBC) - Police in Nigeria have detained a cow after it killed a bus driver.
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa101800a.htm
http://www.dancewithshadows.com/beefeating.asp
Lobola
(Wiki)
Nov.29, 1988 - In Africa, a cow is still not just a cow (NY Times archive) -
Cattle in Africa are regarded as ''lobola,'' or bride price, an index
of social prestige and a custom very much alive in Africa, and the more
cattle the better, without regard to condition or whether or not they
produce milk. Which is why one sees herds of emaciated cattle in rural
Africa.
Human evolution- How Africa learned to love the cow (Nature) - Dec.30, 1900 - Cow Worship in Africa (NY Times archive)
Jan.7, 2002 - Swazi police hunt cattle rustling groom (BBC) -
convert to 200h
About Lobola (African Bride) -- Lobola in Zulu culture
Analysis of cattle marketing channels - South Africa (pie charts) -- Lobola - A Price for a Bridge
Cash COW
(Urban Dictionary)
Cash Cow, Quebec, Canada 1997 photo (NG)
National Geographic Taboo
Taboo - Rites of Manhood - S1 E4
Would you jump naked over the backs of 30 cows --- slice and scar your upper body with a razor blade to resemble a crocodile -- or undergo sex-change surgery --- all to become a man? Join those who would on Rites of Manhood.
Taboo Video Clip - you can view the 4 minute cow jumping clip online
Taboo_food - Cows (Wiki)
move to admiration
Bull Mythology (Wiki) - Auðumbla - Sacred cow of Norse Mythology
Hathor -Egyptian cow-deity --- Apis - Egyptian bull-deity
