Lamb Festival in Morocco

Lamb Festival in Morocco

If you are planning to book a Marrakech desert tour this time you should keep in mind the lamb festival in Morocco. It is the most important celebration for all Moroccans. It is the Celebration of the Sacrifice, the biggest festival of Muslims and known by the name of Aid-el-Kebir (Big Feast).

The feast of the lamb commemorates a passage in the Koran. Where Abraham shows his willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, as an act of submission and obedience to his God. In exchange for providing him with a lamb, sacrificing his son in his place.

In Morocco, in addition to the offering of the lamb and moments of prayer. This feast includes giving gifts to the children and usually, it is usually some article of clothing, shoes, etc.

To understand the importance of this feast for Muslims. It is like Christmas for Christians, a moment of union of families and giving importance to the sacrifice of the lamb.

The parts of the lamb festival in Morocco

The sacrificed lamb is divided into three parts, One part is for the person who sacrifices the lamb. another part is distributed among relatives and neighbors, and the last part is given to the needy.

Because of my marriage to my husband have experienced on several occasions the feast of the lamb. A feast that as I said before, is very important to them and that we can not avoid in any way.

When it is the feast of the lamb, the families call on the men of the family nucleus so that they are the ones who make the sacrifice, kill the lamb, peel it, and all that goes with it. The women are in charge of cleaning the guts, roasting the lamb’s heads, etc.

The world is full of ancestral traditions and if you decide to make Desert tours In Morocco, on the days of the feast of the lamb, you will experience something different.