WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking pictures show children looking on as teams of men struggle to rip apart live goats in barbaric Nepalese festival

The Deopokhari festival, held in the village of Khokana in the Kathmandu Valley, has gone ahead despite protests 

A young female goat is thrown into a pond in the village, and bitten, strangled and pulled by villagers until it dies

PETA and Nepalese animal charities have spear-headed a campaign against the festival, branding it 'barbaric'

Shocked members of the public have launched petitions online calling on the Nepalese government to ban it 

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Photos: The Mail UK