?Id Al-Fitr
ʿID AL-FITR
Muslim holiday concluding the period of fast of the month of Ramadan. Called also ʿId al-Saghir ("Little Feast"), it is celebrated on the first of the month of Shawwal.
SEE ALSO Ramadan.
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