Now that the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca,
is complete, Muslims all over the world are observing Eid al-Adha, or
the Festival of Sacrifice. These "days of remembrance" feature a feast
honoring Abraham who, according to Muslim tradition, was prepared to
sacrifice his son Ishmael before God sent a ram in his place. To
commemorate this event, worshippers sacrifice sheep, cows, and camels,
and share the meat among family, neighbors, and the needy. Collected
here are scenes of this year's Hajj and Eid al-Adha, from Mecca and
around the globe (with a few photos from last year as well). [33 photos]
A Nepalese Muslim boy offers prayers during Eid al-Adha festival at the Jama Mosque in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Thor in the holy city of Mecca ahead of
the annual Hajj pilgrimage, on October 11, 2013. Mount Thor marks the
start of the journey of the Prophet Mohammad and his companion Abu Bakr
Al-Sadeeq from Mecca to Medina. It houses Thor cave where Prophet
Mohammed is believed to have hid from the people of Quraish before his
Hijra (migration) to Medina. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) #
Pilgrims perform evening prayers in Mecca's Grand Mosque on October 8,
2013, as more than two million Muslims arrived in the holy city for the
annual Hajj pilgrimage. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images) #
A Muslim pilgrim touches a marker at the top of a rocky hill called the
Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on
October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) #
People ride an overflowing train at a railway station in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, on October 15, 2013. Eid Al-Adha, known as the 'Feast of the
Sacrifice', is one of the most significant festivals on the Muslim
calendar. On this day, Muslims in countries around the world start the
day with prayer and spend time with family, offer gifts and often give
to charity. It is customary for Muslims family to honor Allah by
sacrificing a sheep or goat and sharing the meat amongst family members.
(Getty Images/Getty Images) #
A man carries a sheep he bought from a livestock market ahead of the
Eid al-Adha festival in Sanaa, Yemen, on October 13, 2013. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah) #
An Indonesian Muslim girl living in Malaysia looks on before Eid al-Adha prayers in Kuala Lumpur, on October 15, 2013. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images) #
Muslims pray outside a mosque during celebrations of Eid al-Adha, which
Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam, in Moscow, Russia, on October 15,
2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) #
Russian police officers stand guard as Muslims pray outside the main
Moscow mosque, on October 15, 2013. According to the press service of
Moscow's main police department, about four thousand police officers,
Interior troops and others will be ensuring security during the Eid
al-Adha celebration events. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman) #
A Sri Lankan Muslim boy performs ablutions before attending a prayer session to celebrate Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) #
Afghan men prepare to slaughter a buffalo during the annual festival of
Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, at Kacha Garhi Afghan
refugee camp, located in the outskirts of Peshawar, on October 15, 2013.
(Reuters/Fayaz Aziz) #
Pakistanis watch butchers slaughtering a camel, on the last day of the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", in a street in
Karachi, Pakistan, on October 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) #
Bloodstained water runs down the stairs at the gate of a charity center
where animals were sacrificed on the first day of Eid al-Ahda in
downtown Cairo, Egypt, on October 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) #
A couple from an Islamic sect An-Nadzir cross the Mawang Lake for Eid
al-Adha mass prayer in Gowa regency, Indonesia's South Sulawesi
Province, on October 14, 2013. (Reuters/Yusuf Ahmad) #
A member of an Islamic sect An-Nadzir shouts, "God is great" during an
Eid al-Adha mass prayer at Mawang Lake in Indonesia's South Sulawesi
Province, on October 14, 2013. Members of the small sect called
An-Nadzir color their hair, live a basic life of farming and fishing,
condemn militancy of any kind, and believe in salvation without
discrimination and living in peace with others. (Reuters/Yusuf Ahmad) #
A Kashmiri Muslim livestock vendor stands with his flock of sheep as he
waits for customers at a market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid
al-Adha in Srinagar, India, on October 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) #
A mosque, reflected in a eye of a bull that was tied to a pole during
the Kurban Bairam (Eid al-Adha) festival in the small town of Ivie,
Belarus, on October 15, 2013. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko) #
Muslims pray in an open air basketball field in the city of Corinth,
near Athens, Greece, on October 15, 2013. Mosques have been a thorny
issue for a long time in Greece, where the population is predominantly
Greek Orthodox. Athens is one of the few European capitals without an
official mosque. (Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images) #
An employee arranges baklava pastries on October 13, 2013 at a bakery
in Pristina, Kosovo, during preparations for the Muslim feast of
sacrifice, known in Arabic as Eid al-Adha. (Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images) #
A bull attacks a boy after running away from Pakistani butchers trying
to slaughter it, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha,
in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 27, 2012. The boy was slightly injured
according to the photographer. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) #
Muslims pray during Eid el-Kebir at a mosque in Koumassi, in the
Ivorian capital Abidjan, on October 15, 2013. Muslims around the world
celebrate Eid el-Kebir, also known as Eid al-Adha, by slaughtering
sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's
willingness to sacrifice his son on God's command. (Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon) #
People slaughter sheep after prayers, as part of Eid al-Adha holiday
(or Tabaski) on October 15, 2013 in Abidjan's popular neighborhood of
Adjame, Ivory Coast. (Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images) #
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds up his weapon and rides a horse on the
first day of Eid al-Adha in Aleppo, Syria, on October 15, 2013. (Reuters/Molhem Barakat) #
Girls wearing traditional costumes wait to dance in Bucharest, Romania,
on October 27, 2012, during celebrations of the Eid al-Adha organized
by the Turkish community. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) #
A Palestinian woman prays next to a grave at a cemetery in the West
Bank city of Jenin, on the first day of Eid-al-Adha, October 15, 2013. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman) #
Boys lead rams into the Atlantic Ocean at dawn to wash them in
preparation for the Eid al-Adha feast, in Dakar, Senegal, on October 26,
2012. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) #
A young woman from the Layenne brotherhood participates in Eid al-Adha
morning prayers at Diamalaye Mausoleum, in the Yoff neighborhood of
Dakar, Senegal, on October 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) #
Tháp đồng hồ cao nhất thế giới quay về hướng Đại Giáo Đường ở Mecca, A-rập Xê-út
Người hành hương Hồi giáo xếp hàng để đi ném đá vào các cây cột,
tượng trưng cho Quỷ Dữ, nghi thức mang tên "Jamarat," một phần của lễ
hội Hajj tại Mecca.
Người hành hương Hồi giáo ném đá vào một cây cột, biểu tượng của Quỷ Dữ.
Người hành hương Hồi giáo đến ném sỏi
vào những trụ cột trong nghi lễ "Jamarat", hay ném đá Satan, ở Mina gần
thành phố thánh địa Mecca, Ả-rập Xê-út.
Người hành hương Hồi giáo cầu kinh trên một đồi có nhiều đá, có tên
Núi Xót Thương, nằm ở cánh đồng Arafat, thuộc khu vực thánh địa Mecca.
14/10/2013.
Một người Hồi giáo hành hương sờ vào chỗ có đánh dấu là ngọn của đồi
có nhiều đá, có tên Núi Xót Thương, nằm ở cánh đồng Arafat, thuộc khu
vực thánh địa Mecca. 14/10/2013.
Người Hồi giáo hành hương cầu kinh trước cửa của Kabaa, cấu trúc hình
khối tại Đại Giáo Đường mà người Hồi giáo khắp thế giới phải quay mặt
về hướng đó 5 lần một ngày để cầu kinh. 13/10/2013.
Người Hồi giáo hành hương cầu kinh tại Đại Giáo Đường ở thánh địa Mecca, A-rập Xê-út. 10/10/2013.
Người Hồi giáo Bangladesh ngồi trên nóc
xe lửa để về nhà trước lễ Eid al- Adha trong khi những người khác tiếp
tục chờ tại một nhà ga ở Dhaka, Bangladesh. 15/10/2013
Tháp đồng hồ cao nhất thế giới quay về hướng Đại Giáo Đường ở Mecca, A-rập Xê-út
Người hành hương Hồi giáo cầu kinh trên một đồi có nhiều đá, có tên
Núi Xót Thương, nằm ở cánh đồng Arafat, thuộc khu vực thánh địa Mecca.
14/10/2013.
Một người Hồi giáo hành hương sờ vào chỗ có đánh dấu là ngọn của đồi
có nhiều đá, có tên Núi Xót Thương, nằm ở cánh đồng Arafat, thuộc khu
vực thánh địa Mecca. 14/10/2013.
Người Hồi giáo hành hương cầu kinh trước cửa của Kabaa, cấu trúc hình
khối tại Đại Giáo Đường mà người Hồi giáo khắp thế giới phải quay mặt
về hướng đó 5 lần một ngày để cầu kinh. 13/10/2013.
Người Hồi giáo hành hương cầu kinh tại Đại Giáo Đường ở thánh địa Mecca, A-rập Xê-út. 10/10/2013.
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