Eid Al Adha.....

This past week we celebrated Eid Al Adha here in the UAE.  It's the Festival of Sacrifice celebrated by Muslims around the world.  Immediately following Ramadan there is another Eid and then this Eid always follows 2 months and 12 days later (I think or maybe it's 2 months and 10 days later).  Anyway, many people will kill a goat or sheep and then you divide the meat into 3 parts. You keep 1/3, then you give 1/3 to friends and family and then 1/3 to the needy or poor.

Here they have a tradition of taking their portion, they rub spices on it and then wrap it in all sorts of leaves (like mango leaves, lemon leaves, etc) and then stick it in a bag and bury it way down in the ground with coals and let it cook for 12-24 hours. 

This is our friend, Ahlam's dad with the meat when it was finished cooking.