Bakrid the festival of eating sheep and goat meet on September 2nd. Muslim celebrate this by distributing meat to the frieds and poor.
The prices of sacrificial sheep have gone up by up to 25 percent over last year due to an increase in transportation costs, and the impact of implementation of GST.
They said that there was a shortage of sheep in the state, that could have been caused by the state government programme to provide sheep to poor yadavs.
Sheep weighing around 20 kg each are priced between Rs 300 and Rs 350 per kg . A few others sell them from Rs 220 and Rs 250 per kg.
“A sacrificial sheep, or goat has to be above the age of one year, a sacrificial cow, bull, ox or buffalo has to be above the age of two years, and a sacrificial camel has to be above the age of five years according to tradition.
