Sheep Day

Well living in Morocco allows us the chance to celebrate both the American and Moroccan holidays So the Saturday after Thanks Giving we had our first Eid Al Adha (sheep day). On this day each man who is married is expected to purchase a sheep and have it killed to show his faith. So a few days before the holiday Moe came home with 2 sheep. One was for our family and one for his brother as he is in an apartment and does not have a place to keep it. The kids were excited and wanted to take the sheep for a walk. That was not a option though as they were sure to run away. Oh and we would have been the talk of the town. At night you could hear the sheep calling to the others around the neighbourhood.
On the big day Noura was in tears not wanting the sheep to be killed. We told her how the sheep would be food and it was the Muslim tradition. WE would not watch the slodder but it still bothered her. So as we drove to Nana Rocco's house for lunch Moe picked up the phone and told then to pardon our sheep and to give it to his uncle. The tradition done not say he must kill it so the fact that he got it and gave it was good enough. We all enjoyed a yummy lunch of lemon chicken and stayed in the apartment while the others went to the roof top for the sacrifice of the other sheep.
The drive into Casablanca was interesting with bond fires on the street corners where young men would cook the sheep head for a small payment of a few duhams. You could see streams of bloody water in places and the corners were lined with the heads and the horns in piles as well as the pelts. The Moroccans were having fun and even the youngest children were not bothered by seeing the sheep being killed. I had to pass on that as I was too much for me.