Tunisia--Culture Smart! by Gerald Zarr

Author:Gerald Zarr [Zarr, Gerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-85733-619-1
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 2011-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

Eid al Fitr

This three-day festival marks the end of the Ramadan fast. It is customary to have prayers at sunrise at the mosque, followed by a celebratory family meal. This is a time for exchanging gifts, buying new clothes for the children, and traveling home to see loved ones.

Eid al Adha

This, the “Feast of the Sacrifice,” marks the end of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. A three-day holiday commemorates the story of the willingness of Abraham to obey God by sacrificing his son. In the Bible the son is Isaac; in Islam it is Ishmael. Later, Abraham is allowed to sacrifice a ram in his son’s place. In remembrance of this, Muslims offer a sacrifice of their own by slaughtering a cow or ram and donating a portion of the meat to the sick or poor. This feast takes place on the tenth day of the last month of the Islamic year.

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