Eid’l Adha celebration video
Muslim Filipinos attend an outdoor prayer on Wednesday, June 28, at the Blue Mosque in Taguig City to celebrate Eid’l Adha. They slaughtered cows, goats or lambs remembering Ibramin’s sacrifice to God. Well-to-do Muslims share the meat to their less privileged brethren.
Republic Act No. 9849 declares the 10th day of the Islamic calendar as a national holiday for the observance of Eid’l Adha, which commemorates Ibrahim’s supreme act of offering his son, Ismael, to God as a sacrifice.
Online historical accounts relate that God recognized Ibrahim’s obedience and sent a ram instead to be sacrificed.
Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two most important holidays in the Muslim world. – Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files
