Thousands to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Luton festivals
Thousands of people are expected to celebrate the end of Ramadan at two large events held in Luton. Preparations have been held at Wardown Park and Stockwood Park to bring the community together and mark Eid al-Fitr.One of the Wardown Park festival organisers, Nadeem Khan, said he was looking forward to the event this weekend and expected to see more than 10,000 people. He said rides at the park would cost about 50p to make it "more accessible to families" and a "huge" team of people were working round the clock to get it ready".
Mr Khan said alongside the celebrations he looked forward to enjoying pizzas, desserts and other food after a month of fasting. He said: "It's a massive celebration at the end of month of Ramadan which is a very holy month for Muslims."People have been fasting for a whole month, they want to celebrate. "Most of the rides are next to nothing, it is about 50p for a ride, to make it really accessible to families because this is for everyone to come and join us."1Eid Festival will host the event in Wardown Park and Inspire Eid Festival will host the event in Stockwood Park.
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