Eid in the time of Corona

The word ‘Eid’ means ‘feast’ or ‘festival’.

Each year Muslims celebrate both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, but the names often get shortened to just ‘Eid’ and that’s why it can be confusing. Eid al-Fitr – which means ‘festival of the breaking of the fast’ – is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, which is a month when many adult Muslims fast. This year (2020) it was celebrated on 23-24 May. Eid al-Adha or the festival of sacrifice was celebrated 31 July to 3rd August 2020.

This material is part of the Covid Chronicles from the Margins project, funded by The Open University and the International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague. The project aims to highlight the impact of the pandemic on refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants.

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‘Eid’一词意指‘宴会’或‘节日’。每年穆斯林均庆祝伊德·菲特拉和伊德·阿杜哈，但这两个名称通常被简称为‘Eid’，因此可能会造成混淆。伊德·菲特拉，即‘斋月结束的宴会’，在斋月结束之际庆祝，斋月是众多成年穆斯林进行斋戒的月份。今年（2020年）的庆祝日期为5月23日至24日。伊德·阿杜哈，或称为‘牺牲节’，于2020年7月31日至8月3日庆祝。该材料是《边缘的COVID编年史》项目的一部分，该项目由开放大学和国际社会研究所在海牙资助。该项目的目标是凸显疫情对难民、寻求庇护者和非法移民的影响。该条目也可在COVID编年史网站上找到。