Sacrificial animals for Kurban Bayram holiday. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

29 August 2017, 20:28

Circassian activists call to help Syrian repatriates during Kurban Bayram

Activists of the public organization “Ochag” (Hearth) are raising funds to congratulate Syrian Circassians on the Kurban Bayram holiday.

A message about the action of the public organization "Ochag" was received by the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot". "Activists are raising funds to congratulate the returnees from Syria on the Kurban Bayram holiday," the author wrote.

The fundraising for the purchase of sacrificial animals, whose meat will be handed over to those in need from among repatriates from Syria, will be held on August 21 in the group "Help to compatriots from Syria" in the social network Facebook.

According to Ratmir Karov, the coordinator of the group, such charity events are held annually on the eve of the Kurban Bayram holiday.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

See earlier reports:

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