(23 Oct 2006)
1. Wide of Beirut city
2. Various of people visiting cemetery
3. Woman with her daughter reading the Quran
4. Worshippers praying in Omari mosque
5. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Saniora and other officials praying
6. Various of worshippers
7. Saniora praying
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic:
"We shall rebuild together what has been damaged in our souls, we should retrieve our self-confidence to rebuild our country. Otherwise Lebanon will become the victim of its own people."
9. People gathering at grave of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri
10. Saniora with the Mufti at the grave
11. Various of people buying sweets
12. Various of children playing in the Luna Park
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Tabaja, local resident:
"We hope the feeling of joy will return to our children and that the next feast will be better."
14. People entering the park
STORYLINE
Lebanese Muslims celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan gathered in Beirut on Monday to attend Eid al-Fitr prayers.
Prime Minister Fouad Saniora was amongst the worshippers who attended prayers at the Omari mosque in downtown Beirut.
During his speech, Lebanese Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani urged the Lebanese to rebuild confidence in their country.
"We shall rebuild what have been damaged in our souls, we should retrieve our self confidence to build our country, otherwise Lebanon will become the victim of its people,'' he said.
Saniora later visited the grave of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Other Muslim faithful in Beirut visited family graves, another Eid tradition.
Despite the holiday atmosphere at the Luna Park in Beirut, there was a feeling that the spirit of the holiday has been dampened by the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah militants based in southern Lebanon.
Luna Park is in southern Beirut, which as a traditional Hezbollah stronghold was targeted by Israeli air strikes during the war, devastating large areas and killing many civilians.
Beirut resident Ali Tabaja said he hoped "the feeling of joy will return to our children and that the next feast will be better."
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