Location:
Balkh, ,
Post Date:
Sep 21, 2015 8:28 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotos558665
(RM)
Credit:
Azorda / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
2000 x 1367 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Azorda
Keywords:
we
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(150921) -- BALKH, Sept. 21, 2015 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan vendor waits to sale his sheep at a livestock market for the upcoming Muslim sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice, at Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 21, 2015. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (Xinhua/Azorda) (lrz)