Tonight it was announced that Ramadan officially ended today and the four day Eid el Fitr (known in our family as "The Cookie Feast) will begin tomorrow morning. After fasting from food, water, and cigarettes from dawn to dusk for 30 days, families will spend four days on a sugar high eating lovely powdered sugar covered shortbread, sometimes filled with dates, nuts, honey, or turkish delight. There are about four other traditional cookies for the Eid, but the kahk is my favourite. Virtually everything will be closed with the exception of the odd gas station or 24 hour pharmacy. This young girl from the farms near me looks like she's more than ready for some cookies.
The traditional greeting is "Eid Mubarak" or blessed eid. I figure that we've had more than enough Mubaraks, so I used the English. It will be understood too.
Monday, August 29, 2011
A Blessed Eid
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3 comments:
I love the idea of 'the cookie feast' Maryanne but the 30 days of abstaining during the day sounds like it would be a worthwhile challenge.
Minal 'Aidin wal-Faizin from Indonesia (^-^)
Cookie feast! Sign me up!
And Blessed Eid to you, and to your family and friends.
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