On Eid day, I wrote about what Eid and Ramadhan are like in Oman - but the post was pretty much photo-less. So here are some pics.
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| Breakfast at some host relatives |
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| tea |
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| Lunch at 11! Eid lunch |
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| A kiddie dressed up for Eid |
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| Guests, children, family |
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| People being people! |
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| Becuzzz she was a cutie pie |
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| Later in the day, we visited the host family's friends somewhere far away. Their ceiling |
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| Yeah, my obsession with Omani houses |
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| Sultan Qaboos (the ... ruler) |
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| Host bro!! He was adorable! I miss him. |
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| Host brother being himself |
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| The sacrifice ... atlar?!!! Omanis sacrifice animals on Little Eid, too. They made sure to do it at a time we could join :) |
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| Host daddy sharpening the knife to sacrifice the animals with |
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| Poor thing ... |
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| Being forced onto the altar. Oh, it knew it was about to be killed... |
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| Then they served us tea after the disturbing experience of watching an animal be killed in front of our eyes |
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| The meatzz from the two animals killed (I didn't take photos of the second one cuz too sad) |
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| Then some of the meat is cooked in a communal underground oven for a couple of days. Delish stuff. |
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| The underground oven |
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| Men cooking some of the meat the whole neighborhood/most relatives nearby are involved in the meat-preparing process) |
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| Yeah |
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| Getting the oven ready for some of the other meat |
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| They just finished putting all the neighbors' meat in this oven. Rushing to close it asap becuz I think it explodes? Not sure |
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| Covering it up |
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| Almost all covered up |
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| Now using dust to finish covering it up |
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| Yeah, basically done. |
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