(21 Apr 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
Sarajevo, Bosnia - 21 April 2023
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1. Various of mosque, UPSOUND call for prayer
2. Various of worshippers performing Eid al-Fitr prayer
3. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Avdo Kovac, Sarajevo resident:
"Bajram (Eid al-Fitr) means the world to me. It is the dearest holiday to me, and not just me but to all other Muslims in the world. With my heart and my soul, I am waiting for it to arrive each year."
4. People praying in mosque courtyard
5. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Mustafa Muftarevic, Sarajevo resident:
"Eid is a sacred holiday for Muslims that all (Muslims) are expected to respect. There is not much I can add about Eid because it is well known. It makes me truly happy, I always eagerly await Bajram, both this one, after Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha (celebrated about two months later)."
6. Crowd of people walking in town after Eid prayer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pristina, Kosovo - 21 April 2023
7. Wide of empty street with prayers heard from mosque
8. Worshippers entering Sultan Mehmet Fati Mosque
9. Tilt from minaret to worshippers gathered at mosque yard
10. Close of minaret
11. Various of Muslim believers praying
12. Close up of minaret
13. Various of people praying
14. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Aziz Duriqi, Albanian Muslim celebrating Eid:
"My message on the Eid holiday is for everyone to be good and to respect each other."
15. Various of people praying
16. Wide of street and mosque
STORYLINE:
Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo marked on Friday Eid al-Fitr, the holiday at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The 3-day holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims refrain from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset.
Eid-al-Fitr, called Bajram in Bosnia, is traditionally a family holiday when people attend the special morning prayer before gathering for lunch with closest relatives and friends.
In Kosovo, worshippers gathered at a central mosque in the capital Pristina mark the holiday with prayers.
Kosovo's 1.8 million population is predominantly Muslim with a small Catholic community.
Muslims around the world are observing Eid al-Fitr, typically marked with communal prayers, celebratory gatherings around festive meals and new clothes.
Muslims follow a lunar calendar, and methodologies, including moon sighting, can lead to different countries - or Muslim communities - declaring the start of Eid on different days.
AP video shot by Eldar Emric and Florent Bajrami
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