Festive Ait namaz held in Bishkek

Bishkek, June 5, 2019. / Kabar/. The festive Ait Namaz was traditionally held in the Old Square of Bishkek.
As usual, tens of thousands of believers began to gather at the Old Square, where representatives of the clergy spoke with mini-stories and hadiths. Then Supreme Mufti of the Kyrgyz Republic Maksatbek Toktomushev delivered the speech, Speaker of the Parliament Dastanbek Dzhumabekov, Bishkek Mayor Aziz Surakmatov and others congratulated the believers.
Head of the President’s Office Dosaly Esenaliev congratulated on behalf of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
The meeting ended with a mass prayer.
Ait-namaz or Id-namaz is a collective prayer performed by Muslims during the holidays of Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait.
According to the Labor Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Orozo Ait holiday, determined according to the lunar calendar, is a non-working day.