18 memorable moments that define Bakra Eid in Pakistan

New Eid clothes, hugs, food and saying goodbye to your goat/cow - Eid is a wonderful time!

Jahanzaib Haque October 17, 2013
1. Wear new Eid clothes! Take photos of family looking like a cheesy ad

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2. Wake up early to go pray at the local mosque.

Photo: Shahbaz Malik/Express

 

3. Pray there is no terrorist attack. Keep one eye on the security...

Photo: Express/File

 

4. Buy a giant balloon for the house after Eid prayers (just because)

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5. Exchange the first of 220 hugs with family members and friends

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6. Check out celebrity hugs on TV (just because)

Photo: Tariq Hassan/Express

 

7. Line up the butcher(s) -- get those knives and cleavers ready...

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8. Say a last goodbye to the (temporary) pets

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9. The man of the house usually carries out the sacrifice

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10. Slaughter...

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11. Divide up the meat for storage, distribution, charity

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12. Stuff face with fresh kaleji! Yum!

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13. Gorge on meat and rice goodness...

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14. Run down the street to catch the big camel sacrifice

Photo: Mohammad Saqib/Express

 

15. Keep an eye out for beggars roaming the streets gathering meat

Photo: Reuters

 

16. Keep a watch out for the khaal brigade!

Photo: Muhammad Javed/Express

 

17. Consume a massive, meat-filled lunch and dinner!

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18. Visit your remaining (temporary) pet, who will be gone on Eid Day two



Eid Mubarak!

COMMENTS (60)

gp65 | 10 years ago | Reply Thanks that was informative. This is because my Muslim friends here in US go to the mosque together on Eid. So this was an interesting cultural insight. Thanks again.
I m nobody | 10 years ago | Reply I dont have enough courage to live in a locality where animals r slaughtered so openly and even kids enjoy surrounding it watching all barbaric activity.If a pic like this can make me vomit,wonder what will happen to me after seeing this live.I m a vegetarian of course Hindu ,never brought up in such environment.In near my village goats were slaughtered on the occasion of durga puja as bali ritual but now it is ban today after intervention of local authority.
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