In the weeks before Tabaski, the streets get busy. Tailors stay up late finishing colourful outfits. Children pick the fabric for their special clothes - bright wax-prints with patterns of flowers, birds or geometric shapes. Hair is braided into elaborate styles. By the morning of Tabaski itself, even the smallest child looks like they are off to a wedding.
After morning prayers, families share a huge feast. The food spreads across long tables and big platters. There is grilled meat, rice dishes, salads, fresh fruit. Plates of food are sent round to neighbours' houses, even ones you don't know that well. The aim is for nobody to be alone or without a meal.
Children go from house to house collecting small gifts - sometimes a coin, sometimes a sweet, sometimes a little envelope. They greet adults with the special Tabaski greeting and wish them good things for the year. By the end of the day, pockets are full and tummies are fuller.
Tabaski is celebrated by Muslim families across West Africa and around the world. In Senegal, where most people are Muslim, the day has a particular warmth - the teranga spirit on its biggest day of the year. Even people who are travelling try to get home in time.