Celebrating in Eid al-Adha on the streets of Cairo, is an extremely joyous affair.

What is  Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha is the second Islamic festival of the year, and comes after Eid al-fitr which celebrates the end of a month of fasting, Ramadan.

The festival lasts for 4 days and normally begins on the last day of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia..  It is celebrated in honor of the Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his first son Ismail, in according to God’s command.  Abrahim eventually sacrificed a lamb instead.

This is a public holiay, where schools, business and is a day off for the general population.  It is marked by prayers and a feast.  Millions for Egyptians come out onto to the streets for prayers.  There are over 6 thousand prayer locations.   To take these prayers there are 13,000 imams to take the sermons.  After the prayers, Egytians greet each other and give sweets and candy.

Celebrating Eid in Cairo.  These pictures were taken in my district of Cairo called El Marg.

Here are pictures of us celebrating Eid in Cairo. The people are out in the streets celebrating around the goats and cows.  A sacrifice then takes places showing our devotion to Allah.  There is also a large proportion of the meat, that gets given to the poor.