Photojournalism | Muslims Celebrate Eid Al-Adha In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Muslims Sat On A Street Before Performing Special Eid Al-Adha Prayer Here in Kuala Lumpur, October 5, 2014.
Eid al-Adha, or the Sacrifice Festival, is one of the major Islamic festivals. It falls on the 10th Zulhijjah on the Islamic calendar. Muslims all over the world are celebrating the festival of sacrifice, one of the most important holidays in Islam. Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, by Muslims worldwide.
The photographs above were not taken for my assignment, I just wanted to captured the spirit of Eid Al-Adha among the muslims foreigner living in Kuala Lumpur, especially those from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Those photographs were taken at Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin which formerly known to Kuala Lumpur people as “Jalan Silang”, not very far from the well known Cahaya Suria and Kota Raya complex.
Unlike any other mosque here in Kuala Lumpur which perform the prayer around 8:15 am to 8:30 am , they perform Eid Al-Adha prayer around 9:15 am, and they perform it on a street. For me, it is a sight to behold, I think if I didn’t told you, you might think that this photographs were taken somewhere in India or Bangladesh.
For those of you who might wanted to take this special rare occasion in the future, the easiest way to get here is to take LRT train and get down at Masjid Jamek LRT Station and from there it is just less than five minutes walk heading to Cahaya Suria Building (you need too walk backward), you can perform your Eid Al-Adha or Aid Al-Fitr prayer at Masjid Jamek first, and then you can head for Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin Street, actually you still have plenty of time to capture the event.
