The continuing adventures of Tom and Bobbie Lucido and the World Travel Club...this year we descend upon the Mediterranean starting in Madrid. We will travel through Andalusia to Portugal. Flying to Casablanca we travel to Marrakech before departing for Munich where we will spend a day exploring before catching our continuing flight to Turkey. Next we will board a Greek Isle cruise. We’ll visit ancient Greece before ending our nine week journey in Egypt and Jordan.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Animal Auction
Throughout the region we have seen several temporary animal auctions. Cows, goats, and sheep are brought to these markets where Muslims purchase the animal to be slaughtered and the meat then donated to a local poor family. This is an Islamic custom with roots in the Abraham and Isaac story from the bible. It also has roots in the Koran, Sudrah 2, where Mohammed asks all believers to live a charitable life. This event occurs three days prior to the national independence holiday on the 29th. Very interesting.
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