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.
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