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Eid al-Adha
June 17 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is the second of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). In Islamic tradition, it honours the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God‘s command. Depending on the narrative, either Ishmael or Isaac is referred to with the honorific title “Sacrifice of God“.[11] However, before Abraham could sacrifice his son in the name of God, and because of his willingness to do so, God provided him with a lamb to sacrifice in his son’s place. In commemoration of this intervention, animals such as lambs are sacrificed. (Wikipedia)
June 17, 2024, Monday, has been declared by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as a regular holiday to allow the solemn observance of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. Through Proclamation No. 579, PBBM announced the delegation of June 17 as a national holiday to give way for the commemoration of “one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.”