Maldives’ celebrates Eid with record number of goats sacrificed
28 Oct 2012, 3:20 PM
Daniel Bosley
This year’s Eid celebrations in the Maldives saw the holiday’s traditional prayers and feasting accompanied by a record number of goats slaughtered in the capital Malé.
The Islamic Foundation of Maldives (IFM) arranged for the importing and slaughter of over 175 goats on Thursday, a record number for a country in which this large-scale practice was uncommon just a few years ago.
Signs appeared around the capital in the days leading up to the holiday advertising the ‘uluhiya’, or slaughter – a word previously unfamiliar in the Dhivehi lexicon – providing a telephone number for anyone who wanted to join in the festivities.
A representative of the IFM explained that the organisation had surpassed its previous efforts this year after its founding in 2009.
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