ABSTRACT
On the tenth day of the month Ḏū’1-ḥijjah, the last month of the year, the Muhammadan world celebrates its yearly sacrificial feast, known under different names in different Moslem countries. In Morocco the Arabic-speaking population call it l-‘īd l-kbīr) “the Great Feast”, and the Berber-speaking tribes by names such as l‘īd mqqorn (Amanūz), l‘īd amqqran (Ait Waráin), l‘īḏ amqqŏran (Aiṯ Sáddĕn, Aiṯ Yúsi), or r‘īḏ amqqran (Ṯemŝämän), meaning the same. In this case, as in the case of the ‘âšˉůr, the mûlūd, and the ‘īd ṣ-ṣġēr, the name of the feast is popularly given to the whole month in which it is celebrated.
