Sheep sacrifice is not compulsory. You have to be able to do it, which is increasingly difficult with sheep costing twice the minimum wage.
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It is customary to pay a bonus at Eid time to help employees buy their sheep. The amount is chosen by the employer and is tax-free up to 2,000 dirhams.
Civil servants and bank employees have two days for Eid El Kebir, while the rest of the workforce has one day. Here's how to pay and compensate them
Eid el Kebir is a religious festival with very specific rituals. Everything you always wanted to know about Eid in 24 questions and answers.
Eid el Adha is the feast of sacrifice, and Moroccans prefer the large-horned sardi sheep. Depending on the region, other "beldi" breeds are preferred, and sometimes even goats.
The Berber name for Eid El Kebir is "Tafaska" for "the feast of sacrifice" (and tafaska also means the animal sacrificed).
Eid el Adha is the "feast of the sheep", commemorating the sacrifice that Abraham was prepared to make to please God. The search for the perfect sheep, known in Berber as "Anougoud", is intense in the last week before Eid.
When is the next Eid el Kebir? Here's when the next Feast of the Sheep in Morocco will take place
