With good reason, of course. The Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) is tomorrow. Every family sacrifices a lamb (they don't buy it dead, they kill it themselves). From the roof, through the darkness, you can hear the bleating of countless others who await a similar fate. I've got the day off tomorrow and I'm hoping to catch some of the festivities around town. The family downstairs has invited us to dinner as well, so this will definitely be a two-part posting. I took a picture but it's a bit...er...gorey, so I included a pleasant picture of this morning's sunrise instead.
Take THAT Thanksgiving: 'You buy a bird at the supermarket? We sacrifice a large mammal and let it bleed out on the roof overnight.'
More tomorrow!
Aaagh! Right you are. No contest.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sparing us the bloodshed.
(Although it is amusing imagining the people in the Piedmont
Market running around their yards trying to kill their own turkeys.)
I want to see the sacrificed lamb.
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