Kargil..... A Street Seller
Selling locally produced apples and (dried) apricots on Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) day in an empty street of Kargil......
Kargil (8,780 feet), situated along the banks of the Suru River (Indus), is the second largest town in Ladakh (after Leh) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. National Highway (NH 1D) connecting Srinagar to Leh cuts through Kargil (60 km from Dras).
As of the 2011 census, Kargil town had a population of 16,338 (9,944 in 2001) people. Today, 90% of Kargil's population are Shia Muslim. Kargil had an average literacy rate of 74.49% – male literacy at 86.73% and female literacy at 58.05%.
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id), which is also known as Id-ul-Adha, is a festival that many Muslims celebrate with special prayers, greetings and gifts. It is a gazetted holiday in India and is also referred to as the festival of sacrifice. Many Muslims wear new clothes and attend an open-air prayer meeting during Id-ul-Zuha. They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the meat with family members, neighbours and the poor. Many Muslims feel that they have a duty to ensure that all Muslims can enjoy a meat based meal during this holiday.
Kargil..... A Street Seller
Selling locally produced apples and (dried) apricots on Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) day in an empty street of Kargil......
Kargil (8,780 feet), situated along the banks of the Suru River (Indus), is the second largest town in Ladakh (after Leh) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. National Highway (NH 1D) connecting Srinagar to Leh cuts through Kargil (60 km from Dras).
As of the 2011 census, Kargil town had a population of 16,338 (9,944 in 2001) people. Today, 90% of Kargil's population are Shia Muslim. Kargil had an average literacy rate of 74.49% – male literacy at 86.73% and female literacy at 58.05%.
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id), which is also known as Id-ul-Adha, is a festival that many Muslims celebrate with special prayers, greetings and gifts. It is a gazetted holiday in India and is also referred to as the festival of sacrifice. Many Muslims wear new clothes and attend an open-air prayer meeting during Id-ul-Zuha. They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the meat with family members, neighbours and the poor. Many Muslims feel that they have a duty to ensure that all Muslims can enjoy a meat based meal during this holiday.