Eid Al Adha Celebrations Across the Middle East

Published July 13th, 2022 - 10:43 GMT

Muslims worldwide have celebrated Eid al Adha during the past four days in various ways, some people have made Eid cake and coffee, others fired canons, or played drums. Children were seen wearing new clothes, flooding the streets, and enjoying Eid Al Adha rituals.

Eid al-Adha is celebrated every year in honor of the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's command.

Every year, millions of Muslims participate in the rituals of Eid Al Adha which falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days.

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Omanis fire canons in celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in the city of Fanja in Bidbid on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Haitham AL-SHUKAIRI / AFP)

A man places sacrificial meat to be distributed to the needy into wicker baskets, part of a programme to reduce plastic waste, as part of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banda Aceh on July 13, 2022. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Known as the "big" festival, Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats and sheep. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

Palestinian women and children wade in the Mediterranean sea waters at a beach in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Palestinian children ride a spinning carousel during the Eid al-Adha holiday in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah, in Dhaka on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)

Iranian worshippers take part in the morning prayer ceremony for Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla mosque, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu on July 10, 2022, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

Omanis fire canons in celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in the city of Fanja in Bidbid on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Haitham AL-SHUKAIRI / AFP)

A man places sacrificial meat to be distributed to the needy into wicker baskets, part of a programme to reduce plastic waste, as part of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banda Aceh on July 13, 2022. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Known as the "big" festival, Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats and sheep. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

Palestinian women and children wade in the Mediterranean sea waters at a beach in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Palestinian children ride a spinning carousel during the Eid al-Adha holiday in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah, in Dhaka on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)

Iranian worshippers take part in the morning prayer ceremony for Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla mosque, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu on July 10, 2022, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

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Eid Al Adha Celebrations Across the Middle East

Omanis fire canons in celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in the city of Fanja in Bidbid on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Haitham AL-SHUKAIRI / AFP)

A man places sacrificial meat to be distributed to the needy into wicker baskets, part of a programme to reduce plastic waste, as part of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banda Aceh on July 13, 2022. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Known as the "big" festival, Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats and sheep. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

Palestinian women and children wade in the Mediterranean sea waters at a beach in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Palestinian children ride a spinning carousel during the Eid al-Adha holiday in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah, in Dhaka on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)

Iranian worshippers take part in the morning prayer ceremony for Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla mosque, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu on July 10, 2022, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

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