Hundreds attend a Celebrating Eid event hosted by the Preston Sylhet Bangladeshi Association

On Sunday, a Celebrating Eid event was held at the Grand Occasions banquet hall on London Road with tickets selling out ahead of the day.

The event has been organised by Preston Sylhet Bangladeshi Association who formed in May to address the social, educational, spiritual needs of the growing Bangladeshi community in the city.

In the pictures from the event, Bangledshi residents of Preston pose together for group pictures of the children, the women and the men who all showed up to celebrate the day.

Eid is an official festival in Islam that comes in two parts - Eid al-Fitr which takes place in March and marks the end of Ramadan and then Eid al-Adha which comes just over two months later.

Eid al-Adha, which means 'feast of the sacrifice', coincides with the end of Hajj - the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and is generally considered the holier of the two festivals.

Ahead of the day, a spokesperson for the Preston Sylhet Bangladeshi Association said: “Many families new and old feel isolated from the Bangladeshi community, making the odd acquaintances.  

“This event of Celebrating Eid has been organised as an initiative to bring this community together for the first time.

“Facilitate networking, celebrate our faith, foster long term friendship and co-operation.  

“We have had an immense response from the community over 300+ tickets have been sold, mainly families attending.”