Unit 4: Home and Away

A description of a place

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha or Eid Qurban, also called the

"Festival of the Sacrifice", is the second
of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide
each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and
considered theholier of the two. It honours the
willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his
son as an act of obedience to God's command. But, before Abraham
could sacrifice his son, God provided a goat to sacrifice instead. In
commemoration of this intervention, an animal is sacrificed ritually and
divided into three parts. One share is given to the poor and needy,
another is kept for home, and the third is given to relatives.
In languages other than Arabic, the name is often simply translated into
the local language, such as English Feast of the Sacrifice, German
Opferfest, Dutch Offerfeest, Romanian Sărbătoarea Sacrificiului, and
Hungarian Áldozati ünnep. In Spanish it is known as Fiesta del Cordero
or Fiesta del Borrego. In Kurdish it is known as . It is also known as Eid
Qurban  in Persian speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Iran,
Kurban Bayramı in Turkey, in Bangladesh, as the big Feast in the
Maghreb, as Iduladha, Hari Raya Aiduladha, Hari Raya Haji or Qurban in
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as "Goat
Eid" or "Greater Eid" in India and Pakistan, Bakara Eid in Trinidad and
Tobago, as Tabaski or Tobaski in The Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal
(most probably borrowed from the Serer language – and an ancient
Serer religious festival), and as Odún Iléyá by the Yorúbà people of
Nigeria

Wahiba Nachit
14/02/2020