It is a festival of sacrifice and the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

It was the Muslim holiday of Id al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, and families went to the park to mark the occasion.

The Feralia was a more somber occasion, a public festival of sacrifices and offerings to the Manes, the spirits of the dead who required propitiation.

He is planning to conduct SVBIED attack against US and ISAF/NATO vehicles on Route White and Route Violet in KABUL until the Muslim Festival of Sacrifices (between 31 Dec 06 and 03 Jan 07).