Iranians celebrate Eid al-Adha

STORY: Iranians celebrate Eid al-Adha SHOOTING TIME: June 17, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebration 2. various of the livestock market STORYLINE: Iranian Muslims on Monday celebrated across the country Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, marking the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Iranian people took part in Eid al-Adha prayers to commemorate the religious feast, one of the most celebrated festivals on the Islamic calendar. During Eid al-Adha, Muslims traditionally sacrifice livestock, distributing the meat to those in need and sharing it with relatives and friends. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

Muslim communities across world celebrate Eid al-Adha

STORY: Muslim communities across world celebrate Eid al-Adha DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Baghdad/Bishkek/New Delhi/Khartoum CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi people at al-Zawraa Park during the Eid al-Adha holiday in Baghdad 2. various of people celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 3. various of people celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday in New Delhi 4. various of people celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday in Sudan STORYLINE: Muslims across the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. In Iraq, some people including 40-year-old Khalid Hameed's family, are celebrating the four-day festival with family in a park. "It is very important to have such amusement areas like al-Zawraa Park because we enjoy the feeling that life has returned after many years of chaos and violence that we wish will never come back," Hameed's wife told Xinhua. In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a festive prayer was