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Sri Lankan Community Eid Celebration in Brisbane Source: Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – June 2022 Muslims across the world celebrate the Eid festival every year at the completion of a month of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. On 7 May 2022, Sri Lankan Muslims celebrated this year’s Eid festival with a wide cross section of fellow Sri Lankans living in Brisbane. This was the first time such an event has taken place in Brisbane. The event was held at the Darul Uloom Mosque in Woolloongabba and attended by about 100 members of the wider Sri Lankan community in Brisbane including representatives of several Sri Lankan organisations, together with about 50 members of the Sri Lankan Muslim community. Mr Anton Swan, Sri Lanka’s Honorary Consul for Queensland was the chief guest. The event featured a tour of the Darul Uloom Mosque, presentations on the history of Sri ...