Saturday, December 30, 2006

Eid Al Adha.

It's Eid Al Adha today, our second in the UAE. This feast of sacrifice marks Abraham's (or Ibrahim's) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son.

Many Muslims here observe the act of sacrificing a goat and donating the meat to the less fortunate. Early this morning, I was woken up by the bleating sounds of a goat that's been locked up in the car park of the apartment block next to us! It's been there for the last day or so and I believe it's not got long to go before it goes to slaughter.

Eid Mubarak to all those who celebrate this feast.

3 comments:

Keri said...

Poor goat... :)

GYPSY GIRL said...

Yeah, I know! I'm not exactly a vegetarian but it's always different when you actually see the goat bleating and know it's going to go to slaughter!! :-S

JOY said...

Awh bless the poor wee goat!

Can just picture the little thing bleeting away! Little does he know what is about to happen.

Awh!