Muslim celebrating Eid-Ul-Adha by sacrificing animal in Chittagong, Bangladesh. 17/11/2010
Muslim celebrating Eid-Ul-Adha by sacrificing animal in Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Isma'il as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
The meat is divided into three parts to be distributed to others. The family retains one third of the share, another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors, and the other third is given to the poor & needy.
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Some nice shots Jashim, keep it up. The shot of the man with the cutting sword is really good.
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