Today we celebrate Tabaski, a Muslim holiday called Eid al-Adha outside of West Africa. Tabaski commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, and Muslim families in Dakar slaughter a sheep in honor of the religious holiday.
The family where I lived for my first two weeks in Dakar invited me to join them. I missed the killing in the courtyard, but I was there for the butchering and the bloody clean-up. I also got to taste a grilled delicacy - sheep testicles. Some photos from Tabaski and the neighborhood.
