Kazan.

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Kurbun-bairam is one of the most important holidays for the Muslims .The word «Kurban» means «a sacrifice»,and the

word «bairam» is translated as «a holiday».The holiday

proceeded a 30-day fast.

History.Long, long ago there lived a man, Abraham by name. He

and his wife were childless. Abraham prayed god for a child and

one day Sarah gave a birth to a son. The parents loved him

greatly. But when their son grew up, god asked Abraham

sacrificed his son to him.

Abraham and Sarah were in despair, but they decided to fulfill

god’s will. Abraham took his son to the mountains where he was

going to kill his son. But as soon as he raised his knife to cut the

Son’s throat, the Angel seized Abraham’s hand and told him that

god believed him and allowed to sacrifice a sheep instead of his

son.

sacrifice

Muslims begin their celebrations early in the morning when all

of them visit mosques to pray, Then men go to the cemetery to

pray for the dead. After that ,a sheep sacrifice follows, when

the meat of the sacrifice animal is donated to the relative

neighbors , especially to the poor and the sick.

Visiting the relatives is one of the more specific feature of the

holiday, when national food is eaten by numerous guests.

Uraza-bairamUraza-bairam is the second holiday of a year which follows

after a 30-day fast. The fast and the holiday were

established many centuries ago to commemorate the

month when the great Prophet Mukhammed god god’s

blessings to spread a new religion all over the world.

a true Muslim has a good chance to sacrifice his sin during

the fast.