page_title: Culture of Bangladesh
section_title: Eid ul-Azha
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Bangladesh / Festivals and celebrations / Eid ul-Azha
caption_attribution_description: English: Dhaka congregants can be seen listening to khutbah prior to the Eid prayers held at the parade grounds of Bangladesh Police in Rajarbagh, Dhaka.বাংলা: মুসল্লীদেরকে ঢাকার রাজারবাগ অঞ্চলে অবস্থিত বাংলাদেশ পুলিশের প্যারেড গ্রাউন্ডে অনুষ্ঠিত ঈদ জামায়তে অংশগ্রহণ করে খুতবা শুনতে দেখা যাচ্ছে।
context_page_description: The Culture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the culture of the Bengal region. It has evolved over the centuries encompasses the cultural diversity of several social groups of Bangladesh. The Bengal Renaissance of the 18th early 19th centuries, noted Bengali writers, saints, authors, scientists, researchers, thinkers, music composers, painters, film-makers have played a significant role in the development of Bengali culture. The Bengal Renaissance contained the seeds of a nascent political Indian nationalism was the precursor in many ways to modern Indian artistic cultural expression.
  According to M. Nazrul Islam Tamij, a human rights activist and chairman of National Human Right Society, human rights are the most important part of Bengali culture and it play an important role in the development of Bengali culture.
  The cultures of Bangladesh are composite over the centuries have assimilated influences of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity. It is manifested in various forms, including music, dance, drama; art craft; folklore folktale; languages literature; philosophy religion; festivals celebrations; as well as in a distinct cuisine culinary tradition.
context_section_description: Eid ul-Azha or Bakri Id is the second most important religious festival. The celebration of this festival similar to Eid ul-Fitr in many ways. The only big difference is the Kurbani or sacrifice of domestic animals. Numerous temporary marketplaces of different sizes called hat operate in the big cities for sale of Qurbani animals (usually cows, goats, and sheep). In the morning on the Eid day, immediately after the prayer, affluent people thank God for the animal and then sacrifice it. Less affluent people also take part in the festivity by visiting houses of the affluent who are taking part in kurbani. After the kurbani, a large portion of the meat is given to the poor people and to the relatives and neighbors. Although the religious doctrine allows the sacrifice anytime over a period of three days starting from the Eid day, most people prefer to perform the ritual on the first day of Eid. However, the public holiday spans over three to four days. Many people from the big cities go to their ancestral houses and homes in the villages to share the joy of the festival with friends and relatives.
caption: An urban congregation for Eid-ul-Azha prayers in Dhaka.
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