Shark Fin Soup

shark fin soup

Shark Fin Soup

The body swings back and forth on gaff hooks, pulling the skin from its cage. Skin tears a little at the points of entry.  There is a point made by this body dangling to enable the spectators to visually see.  These hooks resemble the ones used to impale a swimming shark to incite outrage as well as start a conversation. Sharks are slaughtered only for their fin to make a soup for celebration.  This is a graphic representation of this act, exhibited by the suspended body.

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