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is celebrated in Mecca also in this month. This is an ancient festival. It is also known as Bakri-Id. On this day, they kill a goat as an offering. The festival is not arranged because of any fondness for killing an animal, but is motivated by the desire to cultivate the training of being prepared for the surrendering to God what is extremely dear and an object of love to us.
(6) Muharram : In this festival, the ability to tolerate of great Muslim Martyrs. Hussen became a Martyr for the cause of truth. The festival of Muharram is for the Muslims; is so to say a day of dedicating on the death anniversary of these martyrs remembering them. This is a festival of bold brave followers of Dharma. The Muslim new year begins from the month of Muharram. On the seventeenth of this month, Imam Hussein became a martyr, at Karbala, for the cause of religion. On the 10th day of the Muharram they organise a procession. In this procession, the Muslim brothers walk taking along the Tajiyas with them. The Tajiyas resemble the tombs in shape. One emperor, in India, had started this custom of moving about of Tajiyas.
