There are two main Muslim festivals:
Festival of Eid ul-Fitr
At the end of Ramadam which is the thirty day fast there are a huge celebration. Everyone dresses in their best clothes. They go to the mosque to pray together. Special celebration meals are served up. Everyone has a holiday and many big family groups of relations all get together. Children are given sweets, presents and often new clothes. Muslims send cards to each other to celebrate this special time. They often make offerings to the poor and sometimes buy each other presents.
Eid-ul-Adha
This is the other big festival every year. It coincides with the Hajj. It is to remember the time when Abraham was going to sacrifice his own son to prove obedience to God. Muslims consider that Abraham was a prophet or messenger from God. Again they go to the mosque together for prayers. Later in the day they sacrifice a sheep and give one third of the meat away to remember Abraham's sacrifice.
