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Monday 20 Jul 2015 - 10:56 Makkah mean time-4-10-1436
(Image from The Voice Canadian newspaper)
Vancouver (IINA) - An estimated 4,000 Canadian people attended an event to mark the Eid al-Fitr celebrations held at the Vancouver Convention Center last Friday, The Voice newspaper reported.
The Vancouver Chapter of Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) said that it has reached a new record in the number of attendees of its yearly Eid al-Fitr celebration.
The celebration organized by MAC started with opening remarks by the MAC Vancouver Centre Manager Ahmed Khalil who thanked the attendees and expressed his appreciation for the inclusiveness of Islam as reflected in the different races, ethnicities, languages, and skin colors of those attended the event.
Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major Muslim holidays; it marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan where devout Muslims spend their days in fasting and their nights in prayer and in remembrance of the needy and the unfortunates around the world. In Ramadan, Muslims take stock of their lives and actions, and make changes for the better to benefit the world around them.
Don Davis, MP for Vancouver-Kingsway riding was present and delivered a message on behalf of the NDP leadership and parliament. In reference to Eid al-Fitr celebration, Davis said: “Today brings celebration after a month of fasting, sacrifice of thinking of others of making our world a better place. And I would like to thank you all for that contribution for our country and our world”.
After the Eid sermon, the celebration officially started with people embracing each other and wishing one another Eid Mubarak (Blessed Eid). Candy was then handed out to kids and bouncy castles and slides were set up for their enjoyment while celebratory Eid music was played.
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