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POPSInto the next world with a plasma TV Less than 16pc now live on less than a dollar a day, compared to 58 per cent in 1993, although many can still only dream of having a flat screen television in this life. Yet, despite rising inflation, some urban people are thriving. In the build-up to this year’s festival, affluent Vietnamese thronged to new boutiques stocking such capitalist icons as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Cartier.
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POPSEid al-Adha - pilgrims all the way up In India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan it is also called Eid ul-Azha, goat is the animal most likely to be sacrificed in those countries. In Bangladesh it is called either ঈদ-উল-আজহা Id-ul-Azha or কোরবানী ঈদ Korbani Id. In South Africa it is also called Bakri Eid (or simply Bakrid in India). The Indonesian term is Idul Adha. In Turkey it is often referred to as the Kurban Bayramı or “Sacrifice Feast”. Similarly, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Bulgaria it is referred as Kurban Bajram. In Kazakhstan, it is referred to as Kurban Ait. In Kurdish it is called Cejna Qurbanê . This Eid is for 4 days. Also known as the bigger Eid because it is a day longer than Eid-ul-Fitar