HARI RAYA PUASA

        The best moment is celebrating the Eid ul – Fitr. Besides, it is the largest number of public holidays in a calendar year. One of the upcoming celebrations is Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (Puasa) or Eid ul-Fitr   Hari Raya Puasa will be celebrated by the muslims after one month of fasting. Me and family as a muslims, Hari Raya Puasa is a special fasting on the month from foods and drinks from Subuh until Maghrib . This festival will be celebrate for month either.In Malaysia, we can see the muslims early prepared for the becoming special day. They decorate their house, buying new clothes and making many types of food and cookies for the special day.

       It is very much commercialized in Malaysia. The big promotion will be all over the shopping malls and supermarkets. The Muslims will buy new clothes and supplies. This is the best part where last time I will go to the ‘Jalan Tar' with my father to buy some new clothes and it is the time where I can choose ‘Baju KURUNG’ for my ‘Hari Raya’ day. Everything will be new.The ‘Hari Raya’ songs will be played in the radio and the television.

          The town people traditionally return to their hometown to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr with their family and friends. The roads will full of cars all over the way to north, south and east. The traffic will be bad especially two days before Eid ul –Fitr. The bad things are there will be a lot of accident during the traffic. Road safety campaigns are often launched by the government ahead of the festivals in effort of lowering the discomforting numbers of accident.On the eve of the celebration, family members especially mother and housewife will be busy preparing food, cakes, ketupat, lemang and a various delicious to be served on the day of   Eid ul-Fitr. The favourite meal in my village is lemang, ketupat and rendang. It is compulsory to be served on that day. If the women will busy at the kitchen,the men will busy clearing the house compound, wash the windows and even paint the walls.

            At night, I will lit up the oil lamp all over the house.On the early morning of Eid ul –Fitr, I will wake up early, pray the Subuh prayer then help my mother preparing the breakfast. That is the first day Muslims will take the breakfast after fasting for a month. After that, I will put my new ‘Baju KURUNG’ and go to the mosque for Eid ul-Fitr prayer. Before we do the prayer, all the Muslims will recite ‘takbir’. Once the prayer is done, it is also common for Muslimins Malaysia to visit the grave of their loved one. I used to visit my grandmother’s grave during this time with my family. 

 

           Then, Hari Raya Aidilfitri will be more interesting when  the young ones asking for forgiveness from their elders is very essential. On the day, they also visit their relatives and friends to celebrate the happy occasion. If you visit Muslims' homes on Hari Raya Puasa you can expect to taste a wide variety of delicious spicy dishes. Some favorite dishes that can be found in Muslims homes on this special occasion are ketupat, lontong, nasi padang and beef rendang. The Muslims also have the habit of giving packets of money to kids when they go visiting. Overall, Hari Raya Puasa is a delightful festival for the Muslims.

Thank you.