As a Muslim, Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Eid
will be celebrated by the Muslims after one month of fasting from foods and
drinks from Subuh until Maghrib , fasting is to teach Muslims on how to be
modest and understand those who are in poverty. This festival will be
celebrated proximately a month. In Malaysia and other countries, the Muslims
will have early preparation for the festive season such as to decorate their
house, make cookies, buying new clothes and so on. Similar to all festive
season, everyone is enjoying the celebration of Eid especially children and
plus family members can gather to take a trip down memory lane together. The
night before the Eid, families will be busy preparing everything for the
celebration the next morning, usually, everyone in the family would be up late
including the children who would definitely enjoy playing crackers and lighting
up the ‘pelita’ which is lamp oil with cousins, nephew and nieces. On the
morning of Eid, everyone would wake up early in the morning to go to the mosque
for an Eid prayer. Then they would come home and enjoy delicious traditional
food such as ‘ketupat’, ‘rendang’, and lemang. On a table in the living room
they would prepare cookies inside colourful jars for the guests that would come
to their house and it is also a tradition for guest to receive what we call
‘duit raya’ from the host. Family members would ask for each other forgiveness
and the elder would give money to the younger family member in decorative envelope.
The
Eid also is a season where family member got close together by visiting each
other, even though they live very far away,
it is also an obligation for family members to visit their relatives in
order to strengthen their family bond.
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