Eid ul Adha 2008 - STRADA PLACIDO

Salaamaleykum.

Eid Mubarak to y'all.

In this corner of the world, Eid was rainy. Generally, in my culture, its considered good luck, as the rain washes away the blood of the sacrifice.

As usual, day started with prayers, and afterwards its time for gravevisit. It was disappointing how a little drizzle can deter people from visiting the graveyard on such a big day.

You can see the Twin towers half-blocked by the clouds at the backdrop.

Later on on the way out from the graveyard we bought some roses for the house.From there, it was striaght to the slaughter grounds for me.

Slaughtering was done by the residents of my condo at the carpark beside the building. Normally, I'ill just watch it from afar...but this time, i actually got involved.

There i was, in my white jilbab (which is worn on Eids only)...sitting down on the dirty mat, in amongst the chopped body parts of the cow, cutting and deboning the cow.

Even though i just chopped down one leg into smaller peices (later on the professional butchers arrived), I managed to feel the real joy of Eid-el-Adha...working side by side with friends and family..doing a momentous task.

There was about 30men involved in the slaughtering, around 40 bystanders..and 2 guys were cooking briyani near by.
Eid el Adha this year, was truly an Eid for me.

Oh yea, Happy Belated Eid - ul - Adha