Hari Raya

Every year, after one month of fasting, people will celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri which falls in the month of Syawal. It is a symbolic of victory to muslim people that  fasting whole the month to againts lust. Hari Raya celebration is not only celebrated in Malaysia but the whole world also celebrate Hari Raya.

Every country have a different type of celebration. It was a culture of country. It will be a unique celebration if we learn about how another country celebrate it. For example, our friend in Thailand celebrate Hari Raya different from our culture in Malaysia. 

In Thailand, first day of Hari Raya, they will go to mosque with food full in the tray. They will eat the food after the prayer call Solat Hari Raya. Before they eating together they will pray to their blessing. 

After that, the children will line up to get their 'duit raya' and ice cream. After the ceremony in mosque, the muslim will go back to their home. at home they will invite people who passing their home to come and eat the meals. 

Their main dish for Hari Raya is called "kawniaukai" it was a sticky rice and chicken cooked together. But, in Thailand, they do not have cookies like in Malaysia. They only prepared a heavy meal for the celebration. 

Different from Malaysia, our friend in Thailand only celebrate eid for three days. On sixth day of Raya, they will visit their family's grave together. The men will enter the cemetery while the women and child will waiting outside the cemetery. After the visit, they will passing the junk food to children to attract them to pray together. 

Differently in Malaysia, we celebrate eid for 30 days. In that 30 days every people will do the open house and attend the open house. The main dishes in Malaysia is Rendang, Ketupat and Lemang. 

Malaysia also famous with their cookies. Ladies will prepared many kind of cookies to serve on Hari Raya. 

It was fun to know how Hari Raya was celebrate in another country. We also can know how unique  culture from another country. That's why we must discover how ceremony can show the culture to world.