Hari Raya Haji
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- the Muslim festival day celebrating the haj, as well as the story of Ibrahim and Ismail in the Quran. It is a public holiday in Singapore.
Muslims sacrifice a suitable animal and distribute the meat ... In Malaysia, there are no celebrations as such for Hari Raya Haji, which is thus a much quieter festival than Hari Raya Puasa even though, in religious or spiritual terms, Hari Raya Haji is a far greater festival.
— 2015 December 30, Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof. One Hundred and One Things Malay. Partridge Publishing Singapore. ISBN: 9781482855340
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May be referred to as simply Hari Raya, which can also be used to refer to any number of other Muslim festivals, most often Hari Raya Puasa.