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[PHOTOS] Kenyan Muslims celebrate Idd-ul-Adha

Kenyan Muslims celebrated Idd-ul-Adha, the most important feast of the Islamic year.

Kenyan Muslims on Friday celebrated Idd-ul-Adha, the single-most important feast of the Islamic year.

On Wednesday, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i declared July 31 a public holiday to celebrate the event.

Osman Kassim carries a goat for slaughtering at memon goat market in Mombasa county during Eid-ul-Adha celebrations.

 

JOHN CHESOLI

Muslim faithful inside a tuk tuk after purchasing a goat at memon market in Mombasa county during Eid-ul-Adha celebrations.

 

JOHN CHESOLI

However this year, Matiang'i said the celebrations must adhere to the Covid-19 rules.

"All ceremonies in celebration of Idd will be marked with minimal person to person contact and in strict and full compliance with the guidelines," he said.

A man prepares goat meat at Memon Market in Mombasa during Eid ul Adha celebrations on July 31. 2020.

 

JOHN CHESOLI

Hamis Suleiman a butcher at Memon Goat Market in Mombasa,prepares meat for Eid ul Adha celebrations on July 31, 2020.

 

JOHN CHESOLI

The holiday falls on the 10th day of the final month of the Islamic calendar  also known as Dhu al Hijjah.

The date moves on the Gregorian calendar by around 10 days per year.

The background of Id-ul-Adha is the Islamic account of Ibrahim willingly offering up his son Ishmael as a sacrifice before an angel intervened and stopped the hand in which he held the knife. 

A boy carries a goat to sacrifice for Eid-ul-Adha Islamic holiday also known as Festival of Sacrifice at Kiamaiko Animal Market, Nairobi.

 

ANDREW KASUKU

A Goat is slaughtered in Nairobi South B area as Muslims prepare to mark Idd-Ul-Adha celebrations on July 30, 2020.

 

CHARLENE MALWA

Muslims normally go on pilgrimage to Mecca to re-enact the sacrifice and take part in ceremonies held in the very places where the events are thought to have transpired. 

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