Sunday, November 6, 2011

Eid Mubarak

Happy Eid-ul-Adha to everyone in the world! If you don't know what Eid is, please click on the word "Eid-ul-Adha" to go to the Wikipedia page that explains it to you. Eid-ul-Adha is to Muslims as Christmas is to Christians. Here are some pictures of how Eid is celebrated in Pakistan.





(Note about images: Not all of the images in my blog are mine, and credit goes to those who own the pictures.)
Allah kay Hawale [Leaving you to God].

2 comments:

Sarah Thibodeau said...

Amna, I'm assuming since Eid al-Adha comes 70 days after Ramadan, the date changes every year too? Is it usually in the fall? How does this work?

Amna said...

Great question! Eid-ul-Adha does change every year because it, like Ramadan, follows the lunar calender. In fact, the Islamic calender follows the lunar phase, so all Islamic events move back about 10 days each (solar) year. So, basically, I've experienced Eid in winter, fall, and summer. Hope that makes a little bit of sense.

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