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Corban Festival marked among Chinese muslims
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-11 13:18
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A Kazak child, with a drop of sheep blood on his
forehead (a local custom during the Corban Festival) make faces to
celebrate the Corban Festival in Fuyun county of Altay in northwest
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday.The festival, also
known as Id al-Gurban, is a major Islamic festival during which people
slay livestock for celebrations. Ten ethnic groups in China, including the
Hui, Uygur, Dongxiang and Bao'an, celebrated the annual festival on
Tuesday. The festive joy and happiness can be felt at the homes of many
blizzard-affected herdsmen in Fuyun County.
[Xinhua] |
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