ISLAMABAD: Colorful ornaments for decorating sacrificial animals are attracting citizens in twin cities of Islamabad Rawalpindi on approaching Eid Ul Azha.
A survey conducted by APP found, citizens use different kinds of ornaments like colorful garlands of beads, crowns and bells to decorate their sacrificial animals.
The sellers are cashing the festive occasion and charging higher prices for such things, as a pair of `payals' for Rs70-100, a bell for Rs100 and a garland of beads for Rs200.
Talking to APP Asif Shah an animal `jewellery' seller, said that he has been doing this business for the last 5 years.
Overall, it is a slow business but a few days before Eid ul Azha it becomes a booming one. He said: "We bring jewellery for animals from Sahiwal, Multan, Lahore and Sindh. The `jewellery' increases the beauty of animals, he said. He said that some buyers even decorate the sacrificial animals with `mehndi' and to fulfil this demand we also sell `mehndi'.
Kashif Khan, an animal seller belonging to Multan, said that as a bride does not look beautiful without `jewellery, similarly, sacrificial animals do not look beautiful without jewellery.
He said that Eid ul Azha opens different kinds of employment opportunities for the poor.
The vendors wander around cattle markets where different kinds of decorative items with attractive and sharp colours especially for goats, sheep, cow and even for buffalo and camel are being sold.
The sellers of sacrificial animals also decorate their animals to attract buyers. Most of the people specially children after buying animals visit decorative items shops to buy these for the sacrificial animals.
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