EAST Lancashire's Muslim community celebrated the festival of Eid on Sunday.
More than 30,000 Muslims in Blackburn enjoyed their biggest religious festival of the year.
Eid starts at new moon, which fell between 8.30am and 9am yesterday but some celebrations began on Saturday night.
The festival, celebrates the end of Ramadan - a month of fasting where Muslims can eat only in the hours of darkness.
As a tradition, many Muslims woke up early yesterday, dressed in their best clothes and ate sweet foods, before arriving at their local mosques.
There they performed Eid prayer and wished each other Eid Mubaarak. Afterwards donations were collected for charity Fadaqatul, which gives money to the world's needy.
Thousands of people gathered for morning services at mosques across East Lancashire.
Hindus across East Lancashire celebrated last night to mark the end of the Diwali festival.
Diwali forms a five-day festival which includes the last three days and the first two days of the Hindu calendar.
Yesterday about 150 people attended Blackburn Hindu Centre for a vegetarian buffet and live band playing Bollywood and traditional music.
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