Thursday, March 18, 2010

Eid Mubarak!

Festivals give us the opportunity of celebration, the reason to think that life has got happiness and some moments to think about ourselves. In today's rushy life when everyone has to pace through the competetive edge, the festivals give us a break to relax and spend time with our family and friends. One such festival is “Eid-ul-Fitr”. Though basically it is a festival of people who follow Islam but in a secularist country like India, we Indians celebrate all the festivals regardless the fact that which festival belongs to which community or caste.

Eid

In short, Eid-ul-Fitr is known as Eid and is celebrated in the end of the month of Ramadan. It is an Islamic holy month of fasting in which the muslims follow the fasts for 30 days. The word Eid means festivity and fitr means to break fast. So as a whole it is the celebration of breaking the fast period. The month of Ramadan and the keeping of fasts remind us that what is the true importance of food and water in life. Also it is not only about the fasting from food but one has to keep away from everything bad like telling a lie, getting angry or using abusive language.

The Eid-ul Fitr is also called the great Eid, that is, bari Eid. On this day muslims offer a special prayer together in the mosque. A special dish from sewaiyaa is prepared which is called “Sheer Khurma” and the celebration lasts for around three days.

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