Hari Raya Celebration

After all above, the best moment is celebrating the Eid ul – Fitr. 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 ‘Pasar Hari’ 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, southand 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 servedon 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, althe 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.The rest of