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#The prayer is slightly different.
#Everyone who has the means is required to sacrifice an animal on this day. Traditionally, this is a lamb or a sheep, but in some places goats or camels are commonly sacrificed; some rich people sacrifice cows. You don't necessarily have to do it yourself; most people get a butcher to do it. Many people who live in cities actually never even see their sacrificial animal, just paying the butcher the cost of the animal, plus extra for his labor in slaughtering it and butchering it. Then you eat at least part of the sacrifice that day, which becomes the centerpiece of the inevitable feast.
#Customarily, wealthier families that can do so will _ some of their sacrificed animal to the poor. This is often done by instructing the butcher to take a few cuts and distribute them to poorer households. In the past, this was often the only time in a year when the poorest Muslims got to eat good meat, or even eat meat at all; today, meat is rather cheaper and less of a luxury, although having it daily is still kind of out-of-reach for many.
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