We'd like to introduce you to Charlie and Snowflake. They live in the street tied to trees across from our apartment right now (there was a third bull earlier, but he is now gone for some reason - maybe he got wind of what was going on!).
Saturday is Eid -al-Adha and as result, these guys have less than 48 hours to live. In fact, in front of most buildings here there are bulls and goats waiting to be slaughtered in the celebration of Eid-al-Adha.
For those who don't know, Eid al-Adha commemorates Ibraham's (Abraham) willingness to obey Allah by sacrificing his son. According to the Koran, Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son when a voice from heaven stopped him and allowed him to sacrifice a ram instead. The celebration today is comprised of butchering an animal (cow, goat,or sheep usually) and giving 1/3 to the poor, 1/3 to friends and family, and 1/3 is kept and eaten in a feast of devotion and appreciation for the mercy of Allah.
So far, despite the uneasiness we have at watching these cutie-pies get their throats slit on Saturday morning and all the stories we hear of streets running red with blood in Dhaka, it has been a fun time to watch people get excited for the holiday.
In the spirit of blogging responsibility, we'll try to take pictures and post them here on actual Eid (here it falls on November 28th) but you'll have to be patient with our squeamish western, vegetarian delicateness! More to come soon...
I'm curious at to who named them Charlie and Snowflake?
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