Indonesia's Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha with feasts after disease last year disrupted rituals

Youths parade livestocks during Eid al-Adha feast in Malang on June 29, 2023. - AFP

JAKARTA (AP): Muslims across Indonesia on Thursday (June 29) were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar, with full meat-based feasts after fears of last year's foot-and-mouth disease outbreak waned.

Eid al-Adha, known as the "Feast of Sacrifice,” coincides with the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. It’s a joyous occasion, for which food is a hallmark with devout Muslims buying and slaughtering animals and sharing two-thirds of the meat with the poor.