Eid al-Adha in Jordan
Published date: 6 October 2014 22:42 BST
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Last update: 10 years 1 month ago
On the night before Eid al-Adha in Amman, men visit dress shops in the old city centre to buy their wives new dresses for the holiday (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
A manikin in a souk in Amman’s old city centre. It’s an Eid tradition to wear something new or extra special, like this headdress. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
A coffee boy carries a tray of strong Arabic coffee through a busy late-night street in Amman’s old city centre. Shopkeepers working late on the night before Eid order coffee from local stalls and it is delivered to them like this. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
A man shoves a stick of sugarcane in a juicer at a streetside stall in Amman’s city centre on the night before Eid (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
A coffee boy carries a tray of strong Arabic coffee through a busy late-night street in Amman’s old city centre. Shopkeepers working late on the night before Eid order coffee from local stalls and it is delivered to them like this. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Children get new toys at Eid, and in deprived communities like Zarqa, parents often buy those toys from streetside stands like these. In 1361, 1362 and 1376 the boys are playing with toy guns. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Lambs are slaughtered in Zarqa, just northeast of Amman. The lamb is served as part of a traditional Eid al-Adha feast. 1325 shows young men chopping up some of the meat. (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Men dance the Dabka, a traditional celebratory dance often performed at weddings and Eid, on a street in Sweifieh, a neighbourhood in Amman (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Men dance the Dabka, a traditional celebratory dance often performed at weddings and Eid, on a street in Sweifieh, a neighbourhood in Amman (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
Men dance the Dabka, a traditional celebratory dance often performed at weddings and Eid, on a street in Sweifieh, a neighbourhood in Amman (MEE/Abo Bakr Haj Ali)
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