Tabaski Masquerade Celebrations

Tabaski, the West African name for Eid al-Adha, is a public holiday in Sierra Leone marking the Islamic feast of sacrifice, observed nationwide with prayers and family gatherings and, in keeping with the country's broader masquerade culture, accompanied in places by secret-society devil parades, though documentation specific to Tabaski masquerade activity is thinner than for Eid al-Fitr.

Sierra Leone recognizes Tabaski, known more widely across the Islamic world as Eid al-Adha, as an official public holiday, part of a national calendar that gives equal formal weight to major Christian and Islamic observances, a reflection of the country's near-even split between the two faiths and its frequently noted tradition of interfaith tolerance, extending in many families to genuinely mixed Muslim and Christian households.