Eidul Azha: Celebrations, sacrifice and entertainment

Eidul Azha festivities continue around the world as children make their way to amusement parks.
Dawn.com | AP Published September 3, 2017

Muslims around the world continue to celebrate Eidul Azha, while some partake in sacrificing animals others head to amusement parks to entertain themselves.

Each year, Eidul Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of the lunar month Zilhaj around the world. The celebrations commemorate Prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.

Palestinian children ride an attraction at an amusement park in Gaza City during Eidul Azha holiday. —AFP
Palestinian children ride an attraction at an amusement park in Gaza City during Eidul Azha holiday. —AFP

On the third day of the Eidul Azha sheep at a livestock market in the Iraq's Najaf still await to be sold. — AFP
On the third day of the Eidul Azha sheep at a livestock market in the Iraq's Najaf still await to be sold. — AFP

Iraqis enjoy the Eidul Azha holiday in a park in Basra, 547 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. —AP
Iraqis enjoy the Eidul Azha holiday in a park in Basra, 547 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. —AP

Pakistani butchers prepare to slaughter an animal on the first day of Eidul Azha. —AP
Pakistani butchers prepare to slaughter an animal on the first day of Eidul Azha. —AP

Young and old Sri Lankans look on as animals are slaughtered at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo — AFP
Young and old Sri Lankans look on as animals are slaughtered at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo — AFP

Palestinian children visit a park in Gaza during Eidul Azha. —AFP
Palestinian children visit a park in Gaza during Eidul Azha. —AFP

A young man hugs a sheep as they both await buyers on the final day of Eid celebrations in Iraq. — AFP
A young man hugs a sheep as they both await buyers on the final day of Eid celebrations in Iraq. — AFP

A Bangladeshi man distributes meat from a sacrificed animal to Rohingya refugees in no man's land near Nykkhongchhari, Bangladesh, during Eidul Azha. —AFP
A Bangladeshi man distributes meat from a sacrificed animal to Rohingya refugees in no man's land near Nykkhongchhari, Bangladesh, during Eidul Azha. —AFP

M. Emad
Sep 04, 2017 02:53pm
Pakistan should allow Burmese Rohingya Muslim refugees to celebrate Eidul Azha by taking them to Pakistan.
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Azhar
Sep 06, 2017 06:30am
Pakistan and Bangladesh should take all muslim brothern , pakistan was made in for the Muslims and is the holy land of Muslims
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AHmed
Sep 06, 2017 10:54am
@M. Emad Rohingyas are, for all practical purpose, Bengali connected ethnically, linguistically and religiously. It never ceases to amaze me why on earth Pakistan would be asked to take them. Make no mistake, I was born in that land called Bangladesh but migrated to the west. When I see these Bangladeshis foul mouth the Rohingyas, their kith and kin, I bend my head in shame and feel happy that I no longer identify myself with that land!
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