BEIJING Nike Huarache Sale , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Since Thursday, millions of Muslims across the globe have been celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Some went on the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while others marked the festival in their own unique ways.
Thousands gathered early Thursday morning at Yanghang Mosque in downtown Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for prayers to observe the major Islamic festival. There are around 24,000 mosques in Xinjiang, where the majority of 10 million people identify as Muslim.
Yasen Wupur Nike Huarache Utility , 32, from south Xinjing was one of the faithful. He bought a lamb for the traditional feast for 700 yuan (110 U.S. dollars), nearly half of his monthly salary.
"Last year I had just relocated and could not afford a lamb," said Yasen, "I am so happy I was able to this year."
While Yasen and his wife and two kids were eating their meal, however, a tragedy had befallen their religious brothers and sisters thousands of miles away.
At least 717 pilgrims were killed in a stamped near the holy city of Mecca, the worst tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more than two decades.
"It was heartbreaking," said Yasen Nike Huarache Pink , who has long dreamed of going on the hajj. More than 3,000 people from Xinjiang go on the hajj every year.
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