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Corban Festival marked among Chinese muslims
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-11 13:18

A Kazak child, with a drop of sheep blood on his forehead (a local custom during the Corban Festival) make faces to celebrate the Corban Festival in Fuyun county of Altay in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday.The festival, also known as Id al-Gurban, is a major Islamic festival during which people slay livestock for celebrations. Ten ethnic groups in China, including the Hui, Uygur, Dongxiang and Bao'an, celebrated the annual festival on Tuesday. The festive joy and happiness can be felt at the homes of many blizzard-affected herdsmen in Fuyun County. [Xinhua] 


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