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Eid al-Adha

Friday was Eid al-Adha and we celebrated a little ourselves. We had three Muslim families from St. Cloud, Colombia Heights, and Bloomington come to the farm and select live sheep for slaughter from our flock. They slaughtered them in the halal way and hung them from ancient oaks to butcher them. It was a very festive event with children running around yelling and adults, some of whom only spoke Arabic, enjoying being outside and sacrificing a lamb like Ibrahim did. One woman was a Metro Transit bus driver and she told us how important it was to get good food for her family. Price did not matter. She and her mother were from Morocco. We harvested some onions, cucumbers, and zucchini for her.

 As the people of Islam say, Eid Mubarak. Blessed Feast!

Earlier this week our chickens went to slaughter. A Mexican friend bought all the feet. She said good chicken soup needs chicken feet.

 Blessed feast to all.

 There is an interesting article about Eid al-Adha and ritual slaughter at Sahan Journal. One thing the author missed, from our experience, is the deep regard our visitors have shown our sheep. Last year our friend Naj embraced his sheep and kissed it before sacrificing it.

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