Pilgrims recite sunrise prayer on the plain of Arafat, near Mecca as they perform wuquf, on the ninth day of Dzulhijjah, the month of haj, February 21, 2002. In Arafat, the climax of the rites, pilgrims recite Koran, and perform continuously intense prayer. After Arafat, pilgrims spend the night in Muzdalifah, before spending three nights in Mena for stoning the devil ritual, performing sacrifice, and celebrate Eid al-Adha. Lastly, pilgrims return to Mecca to perform tawaf and saiy to bid farewell to the holy city.
*Children swing in a makeshift ferris wheel during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 22, 2002. Families throughout Afghanistan began the three-day celebration commemorating Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of his son, Ismail. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) *
*An Afghan girl enjoys a ride on a small ferris wheel for the occasion of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha in the streets of Kabul Friday Feb. 22, 2002. Afghans gathered in mosques and at the homes of relatives to celebrate Eid al-Adha Friday, with many welcoming the new freedom that came with the fall of the Taliban regime but others concerned about the fragility of their new government. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) *
