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Today is the Muslim holiday Tabaski. In most Muslim countries it is called Eid al-Adha but in much of West Africa it is called Tabaski. Tabaski is the commemoration of the Biblical patriarch Abraham’s (Ibrahim in Arabic) willingness to sacrifice his son as commanded by God. On Tabaski a sheep (or a goat) is slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of the ram that God substituted for Abraham’s son.
Youssou N’dour & Super Etoile performing “Tabaski” in the studio.
Below is a slide show of a Tabaski preparation and celebration in Dakar, Senegal (warning: a few of the pictures are of the slaughter so if you are squeamish to that sort of thing be aware!)
Janga Wolof 
6 responses to “Happy Tabaski”
[…] me. “People who barely have food to eat will go out and buy a grand boubou for Korité or Tabaski.”But the fact that both my friend, a Senegalese, and me, an outsider, were perturbed and […]
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[…] A friend in my host village had complained to me about this before, ranting about how part of him hated when weddings and holiday festivals arrived. “It’s crazy,” he’d told me. “People who barely have food to eat will go out and buy agrand boubou for Korité or Tabaski.” […]
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English to Wolof/French Dictionary now available for download:
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[…] yes. There’s one Muslim holiday that centers around grilling called Tabaski [the feast of sacrifice]. It’s similar to Passover. It’s a celebration of Abraham when […]
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