The Feast of the Sacrifice
It honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God's command. But through Jibril angel, God informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted, before Abraham's son Ismail, die!
Every year, the feast take place 70 days after Ramazan, which means that the dates are not standard. It lasts four and a half days. During these days, people is visiting their families and travel to their hometowns.
This fest is all about charity!A goat or sheep of minimum one year old is killed-sacrificed. Sometimes even a bull or a camel of minimum 2 years old is sacrificed. The meat is then given to the poor and shared among family members and neighbors. Nowadays some people prefer to donate money to organizations and have animals slaughtered in their name. Moreover most of the times, parents buy new clothes to their children in order to give the old ones to the poor people. |
Being a tourist during the BayramMost tourist attractions will be closed for a (half) day on the first day of the festival. Banks, companies, schools and government services will be closed for the whole duration of the festival. In case you plan some road trips to the outskirts of Istanbul, avoid this time of the year. For four days the whole of Turkey is on the move, making roads clogged basically all day long |