26 OCTOBER 2012 - PULASAIZ, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Girls play on the swings in the courtyard of the mosque on the holiday of Eid al-Adha in the villiage Pulasaiz, in the province of Narathiwat, Thailand. Eid al-Adha, also called Feast of the Sacrifice, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his firstborn son Ishmael as an act of submission to God, and his son's acceptance of the sacrifice before God intervened to provide Abraham with a ram to sacrifice instead. In 2012 Eid al-Adha was celebrated Oct 25 - 26.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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