Pig Killing Day - Documentary Photo Art

Before World War II most rural households in Europe kept a pig. They were the dustbins for household food scraps and were cheap meat. Through the winter there would be pig killing days where a couple of families got together to butcher a pig. This gave a rotation of meat through the winter. After the war the tradition declined. These photos were taken in Velem Hungary in 2007, where pig killing days have almost disappeared. By the end of the day virtually the whole pig had been turned into sausages, salamis, ham & joints of meat with almost no waste. I thank the family for letting me witness the end of a practise that dates back thousand of years.