In Senegal, the biggest celebration of the year is preceded by a government meeting to answer to a most pressing question: how many sheep does the country need? The celebration is the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Kebir, which takes place on Monday. Millions of Muslim families in West Africa, where the event is known as Tabaski, slaughter a sheep, roast the meat and share it with guests. The answer, this year: Senegal required a whopping 750,000 sheep, with a quarter-million heads just for the...
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