Eid

Today was a day of celebration for Muslims - Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. Driving back from Mabamba Swamp, we saw several village congregations sitting on the grass, the men in front dressed in long white robes and cylindrical embroidered caps, the women at the back, saying the special Eid prayer.  When we reached the outskirts of Kampala people were leaving the mosques carrying their prayer mats rolled under their arms, the women having cast off their usual black and wearing veils of all colours - pink, peach, pale blue, deep blue and spangled gold that glittered in the sun.

Here are some pictures taken outside the Gaddafi Mosque today.