Eid-ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiášr
means "breaking the fast". The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the
29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month Shawwal. This is a day where Muslims around the world try to show a common goal of unity.
Eid al-Fitr has a particular salat (Islamic prayer) consisting of two raka'ah and generally offered in an open field or large hall. It may only be performed in congregation (Jama’at) and has an additional extra twelve Takbirs
(raising of the hands to the ears while saying "Allahu Akbar" [God is
Great]), seven of them in the beginning of the first raka'ah and five of them just before ruku' in the second raka'ah.