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Title:MAURITANIA: MOSLEMS TURN OUT IN FORCE FOR EID-EL-KEBIR IN NOUAKCHOTT
Date:20th February 1970
Summary:
CROWDS OUTSIDE MOSQUE; ARRIVAL BY MOTORCADE OF PRESIDENT MOKTAR OULD DADDAH OF MAURITANIA; PRESIDENT GREETED BY IMAM OF NOUAKCHOTT; VARIOUS SHOTS OF SERVICE IN PROGRESS AND PRESIDENT LEAVING AFTERWARDS.
Initials CG/VS/CT/ES
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Embargoed:7th March 1970 13:00
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Location:NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA
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Country:Mauritania
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Story Text: A HUGE ASSEMBLY OF MOSLEMS GATHERED AT THEIR MOSQUE IN NOUAKCHOTT ON TUESDAY FOR THE FESTIVAL OF EID-EL-KEBIR, MARKING THE END OF A PERIOD OF CELEBRATION FOLLOWING RAMADAN. THE GATHERING WAS AT LEAST TWICE THE ATTENDANCE OF LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL.
THE FESTIVAL WAS ATTENDED THIS YEAR BY PRESIDENT MOKTAR OULD DADDAH OF MAURITANIA. HE WAS WELCOMED TO THE MOSQUE BY THE IMAM OF NOUAKCHOTT, WHO CONDUCTED THE FESTIVAL SERVICE.
EID-EL-KEBIR, OR ID-EL-FITR, IS THE PERIOD OF CELEBRATIONS FOLLOWING RAMADAN, A TIME OF FASTING. RAMADAN, LIKE THE CHRISTIAN LENT, IS A PERIOD OF ABSTINENCE WHERE DEVOUT MOSLEMS MAY NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET FOR ONE MONTH. THE OBJECT IS TO DEVELOP SPIRITUALLY AND STRESS THE SUPREMACY OF SOUL OVER BODY.
EID-EL-KEBIR, WHICH FOLLOWS IS A JOYOUS PERIOD OF FEASTING AND THANKSGIVING. THIS YEAR THE FEAST WAS MARKED WITH A CALL BY MOSLEM LEADERS THROUGHOUT AFRICA FOR FOSTERING OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND BROTHERHOOD AMONG THE FAITHFUL.
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