Popular rejoicing during the Greater Bairam festival in Alexandria, Egypt, 1876 (engraving)

Islam has two major annual festivals, a smaller one known as the Seker (Sugar) Bayram at the end of Ramadan and a greater one, which takes place approximately 70 days after, known as the Kurban or Greater Bairam (Feast of the Sacrifice); the celebrations include visits to family graves, the sacrifice of an animal, usually a sheep, sharing the meat with family and also poor people, wearing new clothes, gifts for children and having fun on swings and merry-go-rounds; illustration from the magazine 'La Ilustracion Española y Americana', 30 May, 1876; Regocijos populares durante las fiestas del Gran Bairam, en Alejandría;