Eid Al-Adha will begin in the evening of 21 August and last for four days until Saturday, August 25.
The event, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice is the holiest festival in the Islamic calendar.
Bakra Eid, another word for Eid Al-Adha, is a public holiday in Muslim countries.
Muslims will sacrifice goats, sheep, lambs, and cows to represent the Prophet Ibrahim’s commitment to God.
The deeply religious event commemorates the story of the Muslim Prophet’s taste of faith, where he was asked to sacrifice his son.
As Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son, Ismail, God spared the boy and gave him a lamb instead.
During Eid Al-Adha Muslims pray, dress in their best clothes and give gifts to others, but it is first and foremost a special occasion to celebrate with friends and family.
Eid Al-Adha marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage, where millions of Muslims descend on Mecca, and the celebrations begin two days after the start of Hajj.
Hajj is a five-day-long pilgrimage and involves a series of rituals means to cleanse the souls of Muslims.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is mandatory for everyone unless they struggle physically or financially.
The other pillars are Shahadah (belief in the oneness of God and acceptance of Muhammad as the prophet), Salat (prayer), Zakat (charity) and Sawm (fasting).
The rituals involve Muslims walking anti-clockwise seven times around the Kaaba mosque, regarded as the holiest of all mosques around the world.
It is also mandatory for people with money to give an amount to charity, so less fortunate people can afford to celebrate the occasion as well.
The event takes place on different dates every year, as it follows the Islamic lunar calendar and not the international Gregorian calendar.
The dates are drifting approximately 11 days earlier each year.
This is because the date depends on the sighting of the Crescent Moon.
The Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia first announced the exact date of Eid Al-Adha as August 21 after the Zul Hijjah moon was sighted on Saturday, 11 August.
During Eid Al-Adha, Muslims exchange the greeting “Eid Mubarak” which means “blessed Eid”.
Eid al-Adha follows Eid Al-Fitr which occurred in May and June this year.
Eid Al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.
Those who cannot attend Eid Al-Adha can watch online HERE.