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Eid Holiday in Middle East!

“Mabrouk al Eid (happy feast)!” These are the initial words we (Muslims) used to say in the day of both eid festivals (Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha). Eid Prayer known as Salat-ul-Eid is offered on occasion of both Eids. Both Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-ul-Fitr are dissimilar in intention, food and relation with others, which includes charity and donation. Though, in spite of of all these correspondences, still both Eids have following dissimilarities: 1) purpose 2) food and 3) relation with others (Gaffney, p. 393).

Pertaining to the first dissimilarity which is the reason of Eid-ul-Fitr, it is celebrated to mark the finish of Ramadan. After a full month fasting, Muslims are ready to welcome Eid-ul-Fitr which takes place on every first day of Shawwal (10th Islamic Month) of the lunar Islamic calendar. Followers of Islam have to express gratitude to God for all blessings, gifts and good things with whom they are all blessed. On the opposite, Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated in commemoration of Ibrahim’s (Abraham) eagerness to forfeit his son Ismail as an action of submission to Allah. While Ibrahim was about to slaughter his son Allah granted a lamb to sacrifice. Eid-ul-Adha marks the finish of Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, and takes place on the 10th of last month of the lunar Islamic calendar. The second dissimilarity is associated with food. In Eid-ul-Fitr the key food used for dine is cakes, couscous, juice and tea which are served to guests. In contrast, Eid-ul-Adha main foodstuff is tea and barbecue, and it is not munificent from you if a guest comes to see you and you serve other things rather than a traditional tajin in which meat is essential. Everyone slaughters a sheep, camel or cow and has to cook different plates with the meat in different ways (Roy, p. 131).

Both Eids are festivals of great commemoration. Public holidays are observed in Islamic countries on these occasions....