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    Eid al Adha in Morocco

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    My host mother grills pieces of ram heart on charcoal coals for the Eid lunch that sits on the table. Eid al Adha is a holiday to celebrate life and community. Dates, olives, During the day of the Eid, neighborhood boys congregate in the streets of the medina (old city) to roast ram heads on bonfires built out of bed frames and wooden crates. This street, usually crowded with goods and shoppers, becomes an apocalyptic landscape. Smoke rises from bonfires on the unnaturally empty and boarded up street, while gangs of teenage boys compare the size of their ram’s horns and poke at the heads roasting in the fire. This boy inspects his charred ram head, perhaps imagining the taste of the brains that will show up in the couscous the next day. Views[510] The head of the ram was set aside next to an extra glass of orange soda while the men skinned and prepared the carcass. Views[324] The sacrifice occurred on the terrace of our house in Rabat, just as the rain clouds broke and the sun emerged. Here, my host mother and sister Khadija help the butchers hang up the body before disembowelment. Views[377] The Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha is the most important event of the year in Morocco. The holiday, observed by sacrificing a ram, celebrates the story of Abraham whose commitment to his faith leads him to sacrifice a ram instead of his son Ishmael. In the small town market of Boujaad men shop for “howli” (Moroccan dialect for “ram”), looking for the most impressive set of horns. Views[694]
     

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