This past bayram, I had the awesome privledge of sharing the day with my friend Ibanez and her family. After a delicious lunch of cabbage dolma, I partook in the sheep sacrificing ceremony and then ate a delicous dinner of xəngəl and baklava (Ibanez taught me how to make baklava - it's complicated!).Anyway, a quick religious lesson: Gurban (meaning sacrifice) commemorates the day Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac. In Az, a sheep is sacrificed (which Abraham did as well) and then given to impoverished families. Awesome for me! I got some sheep (and a literal sack full of persimmons. More on that later).
