if you are talking a bout people giving up things in life,all cultures made and make sacrifices. If you are talking about animals there are many pagan cultures that do.
They made sacrifices. they sacrificed people and animals.
Human sacrifices have been made to various gods and rulers throughout human history. The Aztecs and Mayans used to routinely sacrifice people to their gods, as did many other ancient cultures.
Human sacrifices were made among the prisoners of war. Another victim is a dog.
Many people died fighting for their freedom. People also left their homes and families for freedom.
The sacrifices were only made inside the Holy Temple. Once it was destroyed, there was no other place that the sacrifices could be made.
Ruth made great sacrifices, like even though she was young and a widow , she went with her mother back to Isareal from Moab.She left her family and country people behind.
Nelson Mandela
The building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were traditionally made is known as the Temple, specifically the Second Temple which was constructed after the First Temple was destroyed.
The sacrifices took place at festivals that occurred throughout the year. One four-day festival sacrificed an estimated 80,400 people. A that rate, sacrifices would have had to have been made continuously throughout the day. That would be 20,050 per day or over 835 people per hour: almost 14 people per minute.
People offerred sacrifices in Old Testament times to:Propitiate God in case they had offended him;Give thanks for good fortune - Genesis says that Noah made a sacrifice after surviving the Flood; Luke shows how sacrifices were offerred for the birth of a son;Seek God's favour for the future.
They made small sacrifices in honor of a god.
Aztecs performed sacrifices on the large four sided pyramids which they made for the Aztec Gods,.