Prayers were offered in makeshift mosques across southern Bangladesh to celebrate the Islamic festival of sacrifice as cows were slaughtered in muddy fields across the sprawling camps.
Eid-ul-Adha or Eid al-Adha is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the followers of Islam. In India, it is also called as Bakr-Id. The festival falls on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
The kingdom, which is undergoing dramatic social and economic reforms, has mobilised vast resources for the six-day journey, one of the five pillars of Islam.