Eid Festival
This is just gonna be a short one to let you all back home know what's coming up here...
It's the Eid Festival... Where the Muslims here slaughter animals in remembrance of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac(or Ishmael rather) and how God stopped him... (My dear cell... I hope you know this story well... Sulih dear... Time for bible quiz... haha!) Yes... It is rather interesting how close Islam's Koran is to the Bible... But, I assure you, the two religions are very very different...
For the locals, it's a time to pack themselves into buses and head to their villages for the festival... However, I do know of some who are not gonna do that... They are just going to slaughter here in Dhaka...
For us foreigners, it's a four day holiday starting tomorrow... The Eid also means that the shops will be closed, the streets will be quiet (save for the occasional slaughter which i hear takes place on the streets), and there would be no place for us to eat cos everything is closed... Hmm... Quite an exciting holiday eh?
Oh well... Hope we will be able to scrounge up some food... =)
posted by thebemusedphotog @ 8:45 AM
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