Known as the festival of Fast-breaking, Eid al-Fitr is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.
The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan.
Here are some pictures of the festivities across Africa over the last couple of days:
Muslims in Cape Town, South Africa, gather to sight the new moon on Sunday which means Ramadan is over and Eid has begun…Worshippers in The Gambia’s capital Banjul head to the mosque on Monday…It’s time for smiles and selfies in Egypt’s capital Cairo…While the day before in Lagos, Nigeria, this young girl is adorned with henna…Celebrations in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, were disrupted when security forces fired tear gas inside a stadium. As yet no casualties have been reported and ten of thousands of worshippers still managed to perform their prayers…It was a more peaceful scene at Hazrat Abu Bakr Mosque in Kampala, Uganda…Celebrants in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano are treated to music on Sunday evening…And in the same city the following day it’s time once more for friends and family to gather.
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