Saturday, December 6, 2008

Meanwhile in Cairo...







Eid-al-Adha is the second important holiday which celebrates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to offer his son for sacrifice.It is a four days holiday, on the first day at dawn all men, (and women if they want to), go to the mosque to pray. . It is at this time that Muslims will have a sheep or goat slaughtered to feed the poor and needy.Every family slaughter a sheep, which they have already bought, and take some of its meat and donate the majority of the meat to the poor. Then they have a late breakfast which includes "Fata". "Fata" is formed of meat, bread, rice and vinegar. Then the young families visit the grandparents and relatives then they all gather at the eldest of the family and have lunch.

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