Islamic countries are celebrating this weekend the feast of the lamb, one of the most important in their culture. However, Moroccan authorities have banned the consumption of lamb on that date due to a shortage of livestock. Our correspondent Ignacio Lemus has more. teleSUR
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00:00Islamic countries are celebrating over the weekend the fate of the lamb,
00:04one of the most important in their culture.
00:06However, Moroccan authorities banned the consumption of lamb on that date
00:09due to a shortage of livestock.
00:12A correspondent in National Lemus with more.
00:17It doesn't look like Eid al-Adha in Morocco.
00:21It is one of the most important festivities of the Islamic calendar
00:23in which the sacrifice of a lamb is celebrated,
00:26a date in which the population usually fills the streets of the capital.
00:30However, this year they are empty because the protagonist will be missing the lamb.
00:37It is expensive, very expensive.
00:39And if there is no lamb, we have to make a breakfast here in front of the beach.
00:43Let's finish and go back to the house.
00:51The tradition of visiting the mosque in the morning remains,
00:53but the ritual of sacrificing a lamb purchased in the days leading up to the celebration
00:57is no longer observed.
01:00Families used to celebrate inside their homes or cook the animal at the door.
01:04Each cut had a specific time during the two-day event.
01:07It all ended last year when lamb prices jumped to at least $600 per head.
01:13For that reason, in 2025, King Mohamed VI suspended the celebration with lamb.
01:17We have to celebrate, we go to the mosque, we see people, we greet the family,
01:24but without lamb, because this year lamb is very expensive.
01:28It's very expensive.
01:30We can't buy it because we don't have water, we don't have anything,
01:33but hopefully next year we'll be able to celebrate with lamb.
01:35Seven consecutive years of drought in Morocco had an impact on food prices and lamb,
01:47with its dependence on pastures and water, was no exception.
01:50An ancestral tradition interrupted by an environmental scenario that,
01:54despite hopes, is likely to get worse.
01:56In 2023, 2024, and 2025, we experienced the highest temperatures since the dawn of human
02:09civilization 11,000 years ago at the start of the Holocinipax.
02:13We are in an era called the Anthropocene, we have completely changed the climate of the planet,
02:18and in recent months the temperature has broken all records.
02:20It has resined by 1.5%, which is why all extreme weather events are breaking records.
02:26Since 2018, Morocco has not recorded significant rainfall to prevent the progressive degradation
02:38of its ecosystems.
02:40In addition to the impacts on agriculture, the country is struggling to recover its urban
02:44forests affected by climate change.
02:46Ignacio Lemus and Julia Nassif for Telesur.