Bangladeshi Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha festival

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Bangladeshi Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha festival

STORY: Bangladeshi Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha festival DATELINE: July 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:36 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cattle being transported by boat 2. various of cattle markets STORYLINE: Bangladeshi Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha on Thursday, one of two major festivals in the South Asian country. In the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh, Muslims offered special prayers seeking divine blessings, peace and prosperity in tens of thousands of congregations of Eid al-Adha, also known as the festival of animal sacrifice. Cattle markets have been brimming with sacrificial animals. Bangladeshi Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said the demand for sacrificial animals stood at 10 million this year, while more than 12.5 million animals were available for the ritual. Millions of Muslims and non-Muslim poor people in Bangladesh, who can not afford to buy meat even once in a year, get a chance of eating meat up to satisfaction as rich people will distr

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