What a wonderful world!

Eid Mubarak!

We celebrated Eid -Ul Azha yesterday. To me, Eid means dressing up in new clothes, a little bit of comparatively brighter shade of lipstick, as I don't like any other makeup.

Jewelry, loads of good food, God, I'm still eating! I've penned down half of a story yesterday, plan to complete, edit and post it within today. I also enjoy my time in the WDC chat room, and of course, reviewing. I'm not an excellent reviewer, still I like expressing my opinion on written work.

In this Eid, we sacrifice animals to satisfy Allah. According to Islam, one day, one of our beloved prophets recieved a message from Allah, the prophet was asked to sacrifice something he loves most, for Allah. The prophet agreed, and prepared to sacrifice his only son. Just before the sacrifice, Allah sent a lamb, and told the prophet to sacrifice that instead. From then onwards, we sacrifice cattle to remember that day.

The meat obtained from the animal has to be divided in three equal parts. One for the poor, one for relatives, and the last part for the owner of the animal. It can either be a goat, or an ox. By chance, if a pregnant cow is sacrificed, that sacrifice is not accepted.

This year, we sacrified an ox, sharing with one of our relatives. It was a goat last year. Normally, an ox costs more than a goat, and if a big ox is bought, it can be shared within two or three families.

The cattle has to be purchased from temporary cattle markets set up for Eid Ul Azha, and we have to hire a professional butcher for the slaughtering. The butcher charges a particular price for every thousand of the cattle's price. For example, if an ox costs 50000 taka, and a butcher charges 50 taka for every thousand, he gets 2500 taka as his charge. And if the owner wishes, he can give the butcher a portion of the meat kept for the poor.


I hate writer's block. Thank God I had this blog, at least I can type away whatever comes to my mind.