CAIRO-Egyptians continued to celebrate Eid el-Fitr for the third day Sunday, as they went out with their children to parks, cinemas, concerts and zoos. Sunday's fine weather brought many families out of doors. The picture shows young people enjoying themselves outside the Qaitbay Citadel by the sea in the coastal city of Alexandria. Throughout the country, the streets were full of children happily riding bicycles decorated with bits of brightly coloured paper or playing on swings or other attractions. It seems that this year's eidiya (a present of money, traditionally given to children by their parents and other relatives on the occasion of the feast) must have been a generous one. Eid el-Fitr is celebrated every year by Muslims as a way of marking the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid el-Fitr is considered to be a 'lesser' feast than Eid el-Adha (the Greater Bairam), which will fall this year in November. Muslims are commanded by God in the Holy Qur'an to complete their fast on the last day of Ramadan and then recite God's praises throughout the three-day Eid.
