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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Section A.

5:11 AM

We celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri or in other words, Hari Raya Puasa each year. This is the festival which all Muslims celebrate. It is a time for families to gather together and keep updated of each other. This festival lasts about one month and it is the most favoured by children as they will get green packets from adults.

For my family, we did not bake any cookie or pastry as we do not have an oven but we made some cakes that does not require the use of oven. Besides that, my relatives will normally give us some of the cookies that they had made. For the preparations , it was done during the fasting month. Like buying new baju kurung, cushion covers and many more, it was done during the early part of fasting month while as for cleaning the house and all , it will be done towards the end of fasting month. My mother will usually start cleaning three to four days before fasting ends. Duirng the first day of Hari Raya, the men will go for their prayers at the mosque while my mother will prepare breakfast with dishes like rendang, lontong and ketupat.

After prayers , we set off to the cemetry to offer prayers to our ancestors and from there we start our visits to our grandparents' houses. There, we meet our other relatives and continued round two of our food indulgence. All our relatives congregate at my grandparent's house and thereafter, we will shake hands and ask for forgiveness for our past sins. We continued our celebration by visiting other relatives as well as friends. At every visit, as a young child, I will get ' zakat ' money, which is placed in green packets, something which is similar to Chinese hong bao.

In Singapore, Hari Raya is not only celebrated by the Malay/Muslim community, it is in fact celebrated by all irregardless of race and religion. This has been the norm of the society here because everybody takes the opportunity of public holidays. In other words, festivals like this has created a kind of bonding and camaraderie among all races.

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