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Bookmark & shareNationwide celebrations include Ramadan , a month of sunrise-to-sunset fasting which changes dates every year (as the Islamic calendar differs from the Gregorian one); Eid-ul-Fitr , two to three days of feasting and goodwill that marks the end of Ramadan; Eid-ul-Azha , when animals are slaughtered and the meat shared between relatives and the needy; and Eid-Milad-un-Nabi , which celebrates Prophet Mohammad's birthday.
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