Eid Al Adha 2012 will start on October 25, Thursday and will end on October 28, Sunday for Government and Public Sectors while it last until September 27, Saturday only for Private Sectors.
Eid al-Adha, "feast of sacrifice"), or Feast of the Sacrifice or Greater Eid, is an importantreligious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a sheep to sacrifice instead.
In the Indian Sub continent, the festival is known as Bakr-Id because of the tradition of sacrificing a goat which is called "bakri" in Urdu.
The festival is also known as Id-ul-Zuha. The word "id" derived from the Arabic "iwd" means "festival" and "zuha" comes from "uzhaiyya" which translates to "sacrifice.
According to the report from
Emirates 247.com, Humaid Mohamed Al Qutami, Minister of Education and Chairman of the Federal Government Human Resources, on Wednesday issued a circular announcing that the federal ministries and public offices will remain closed from October 25 (Thursday) to October 28 (Sunday) for Eid Al Adha holidays.
Eid-al-Adha holidays for the private sector will begin on Thursday, October 25, that falls on the Arafat Day and will end on Saturday, October 27, the second day of Eid.
text source: wikipedia and emirates247/com
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