EID-FITR CELEBRATION

This is a after Ramadan celebration. This celebration is usually done after the last day of fasting. Its either on the 29Th or 30Th day of the month of Ramadan. On this day the Muslims start the day without having any breakfast and they go for a prayer in the morning, this prayer is a 2 rakah prayer. After the prayer a lecture is given by the leader of the prayer. On this day the Muslims are to dress in their best attires, they are to prepare for it a day before, if they don't have a new dress, they make sure their other cloth is washed and properly ironed. After the prayers they go back to their house and have a nice meal, on that day family and friends go visiting each other. But in this part of the country women are not allowed to go for this morning prayer, so they just sit and prepare for the festival. An animal is sacrificed for this and for this occasion it is usually a chicken. Some others sacrifice ram depending on their capability. After the celebration the fasting is over until next year before another fasting comes up.

RAMADAN

Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calender. Islam uses a lunar calender -that is each month begins with the sighting of the moon, because the lunar calender is about 11 days shorter than the solar calender used elsewhere this years Ramadan began on Sept 24. In this month Muslims are expected to fast for the entire month without drinking or eating from sunset to sunrise, Muslims are expected to start fasting from age 12. An early morning meal known as the sahoor is taken before the sunrise and the breaking food known as iftar is taken when breaking the fast. Fasting reminds the Muslims of the poor and the needy at the end of the month of Ramadan a festival called Eid al fitr.