On Wednesday, the 17th November was a public holiday in Cameroon, "Feast of the Lamb" or "the Feast of Sacrifice, a Muslim holiday that has no fixed date. We learned on Sunday that next week some time be a holiday. Then you had to listen to the radio for what day is a holiday now.
on Tuesday was then the general opinion that the holiday will be on Wednesday.
Some shops were closed but have since Monday and some had the whole week.
But now the day itself: we want to take this opportunity to see how Muslims celebrate a holiday. Therefore, we make ourselves at nine clock to prayer box of Muslims. It takes place on the football field of the Islamic High School "instead. This is in our district Bamkika-ay, and very close.
gradually take more and more , very fashionable dressed Muslims, men and women. We are very warmly welcomed by many. The dry season has started properly and after half an hour in the sun, announced a sunburn. We therefore then a little off in the shade and watch exactly what will happen.
It is very impressive to see the Muslims in prayer.
go After the prayer, many home to her there specifically to kill sheep. Each family maintains that the money has slaughtered on that day a sheep or a cow and give away a third of the friends, the second third to the poor regardless of religion and the last third they are themselves
The first sheep on that day must be sacrificed but in the eyes of the Imam, we of course are included. The mutton is geschächtet, but actually it's not bad, he is very fast dead
then all are happy, you shake hands and wish for a Merry Christmas, "Barka de Sala.
from the speakers is heard Arabic music and you feel no longer like in Cameroon, but rather in the Orient is added.
then make all of the Fonpalast. The Fon Unfortunately this is not there, but like in most Muslim holidays in Libya as the guest of Gaddafi.
A nice Muslims, a scholar of Islamic High School, tells us everything and shows us the mosque.
Before Fonpalast overlooking the mosque and the cathedral in the backgrounds
After a short break, we make ourselves then for our first invitation to zwei clock. Afternoon visit and in fact all eat together. We have only accepted three invitations because we thought that three meals a day are probably sufficient.
In a Haddschi and his lovely family are eating it the first time: Fufu, Njama-Njama and of course the sacrifice sheep. It tastes really good, because it is fried.
Otherwise, cook the Cameroonians, the freshly slaughtered meat, which is of course incredibly tough. Furthermore, no distinction is made that piece of meat you have. All wirdals meat called. The cow is simply cut into small pieces and then you can guess what the cartilage or the skin has ever heard. If you would not eat his flesh, one is asked: "Is it to soft?" - And if you then replies "No I can not bite it!" Is less one of a surprised face. After
a malt beer we say goodbye and a motor bike on to the next invitation to another part of town. Here we are going to drink and eat popcorn and Gin-Gin. This is a sweet and hard biscuits.
All guests sit on the sofas and chairs and watch an American children's series on television. Generally speaking at celebrations or dinner together is not much. The host is talking but not necessarily with his guests. Mostly it's just all about free food and drink.
It is four clock and we rush to go to the next invitation, because we want to be home before it is dark. A few children show us the way to the house our host. This is the second Imam of Kumbo and with him we purchased our water containers. He is married to the sister of one of our friends. It is very interesting, that may have each family member is different religions. Our friend Louis is a Catholic and his sister just Muslim. The children usually take the religion of the mother if the father was married several women, the children of ever belonging to different religions.
We received very friendly and have very often said, what an honor it is for the family that we are there. This time there are yams, Njama-Njama and sheep to eat.
Previously, there are still a group photo with all the guests at the door.
from eating and drinking, we are a bit tired and we do at six clock on the way home because it is dark after about quarter to six.
We had a very tiring but very interesting holiday.
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