Happy Ramdhan - How Do You Celebrate Ramdhan In Your Country?

Hello Local Guides

First of all, let me wish

Happy Ramdhan to all of my Connect Family, Local Guides, Connect Moderators and Google moderators.

The holy month of Ramdhan already started in some countries from today, and in some countries the first Fasting day will be tomorrow.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It’s a time when Muslims focus on spiritual growth, self-improvement, and prayer. During this Holy Month, Muslims work harder to follow the teachings of Islam. The main thing in Ramadan is fasting: Muslims don’t eat or drink from dawn until sunset.

Around the world, Ramadan is celebrated in various ways. From Jakarta to Chicago, from Mumbai to Makkah to Mombasa , each place has its own special customs for Ramadan.

Ramdhan in Pakistan :

Let me tell you something about Karachi, the city where I live. There’s a famous saying about Ramadan here: “Whether you’re driving a fancy car or a simple motorcycle, you’ll always find people giving out food and water to everyone, regardless of who you are. This shows how caring the people of Karachi are towards humanity.”

During Ramadan in Karachi, you’ll see open dining areas every one or two kilometers where anyone can sit and enjoy food and drinks.

Ramadan celebrations start from the first day of Ramadan in Karachi, just like anywhere else in the world. Because of the evening Taraweeh prayers, most shopping centers and markets close by 7 pm, except for food streets and restaurants. So if you’re in Karachi during Ramadan, you can enjoy street food more comfortably in the early days of the month when there are fewer crowds.

If you want to taste the delicious street food during Ramadan in Karachi, you can visit places like Hussainabad Food Street, Burns Road, Dhoraji Colony, Kharadar, Nazimabad Gol Market, Haidary, DHA Khadda Market, and many more. These places offer authentic Ramadan food that you shouldn’t miss trying.

Even at home, you’ll find all these dishes on your dining table that you usually see separately. For example, pakoras, samosas, shami kababs, yogurt dips, pani puri, fruit salad, boiled potatoes, along with fruits like dates, watermelon, melon, bananas, apples, guavas, and many others.

And we can’t forget the main thing that’s a must-have on every dining table,

Rooh Afza drink. It’s a sweet syrup made with dry fruits and natural ingredients. It can give you a boost of energy after breaking your fast.

After the first ten days of Ramadan, shopping centers get really crowded, especially with women and kids. They enjoy shopping for their Eid clothes, shoes, jewelry, and other things during this month. Men also buy their clothes during Ramadan because clothing and shoe brands usually release new styles and sometimes offer discounts for this special month.

The main markets for Eid shopping in Karachi include Saddar Bazar, Tariq Road, Haidary Market, Meena Bazar, Jama Cloth Market, Anarkali Bazar, Zamzama, Gulf Center, and many others. Especially in the last few days of Ramadan, shopping in these markets feels like swimming in a sea of people! :smiley:

Here are a few things I shared about how Ramadan is celebrated in my city.

Also, I want to know how people celebrate Ramadan in your city. Do they go shopping, enjoy food, or just feel happy? Please let us know how you greet Ramadan in your language!

We want to hear from you. Please share in the comments!

Once again,

Wishing all my friends a happy and blessed Ramadan! :heart_eyes: :tada:

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Wonderful article @KashifMisidia Bhai

Wishing you and near and dear ones, a blessed Ramadan,

Is this the same as Ramzan?

I have known about Ramzan celebration in Aurangabad since school days.

But Ramadan is new to me.

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Shukriya Bhai @TusharSuradkar ,

Yes Ramzan, Ramadan, Ramdhan all are same. With just difference of accents of different countries and cultures. Please share any special memories of Ramzan in Aurangabad, Dehli or Pune with me. I keen to know, because I know that celebration in both countries must be similar with some small difference. That’s why I love to hear from you :heart_eyes:

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Hi @KashifMisidia thank you for this articel.First of all, I would like to congratulate all my Muslim friends on Ramadan. Ramadan is celebrated differently in Muslim countries, but the most important features in Turkey are that people eat as a family at sahur time, then it is traditional to go to mosques during the day and pray a lot, and when iftar time comes, it is traditional to sit down and eat with the family. Originally, demonstrations were not held in cities, but with the advent of the modern age, this gradually decreased, although demonstrations are currently held in a few small provinces and major regions of Istanbul, these demonstrations have been abolished in most cities.

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All that I remember is about Ramzan in Aurangabad was visiting a childhood friend of my dad, we called Baig Uncle and enjoyed ShirKhurma :grin:

Also in Delhi, my landlord was Mr. Zaidi who invited everyone including those who were guests to my house over to their place and we enjoyed ShirKhurma :yum:

These are my memories of Ramazan @KashifMisidia Bhai.

Also, there were nicely decorated Taboots in Aurangabad, but I am not sure if they are related to this festival.

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Hello @KashifMisidia ,

I wish you, Kashif and your family as well as everyone else in the Google Local Guides community a happy and blessed Ramadan! :blush: :cherry_blossom: :star2: :sparkles: :rosette:

Thank you very much for sharing your amazing and interesting Local Guides Connect post! :blush: :+1:t2: :sparkles:

I wish you a great time! :blush:

Many warm greetings to you from Hamburg, Germany! :grinning: :star2: :de:

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@KashifMisidia ji Happy Ramdhan!I’m happy to see your wishes in my mother tongue (Telugu) also on your cover photo. Thank you @TusharSuradkar ji for sharing your sweet memories associated with the festival.

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@Gezendunyali , thanks for your response.

You know one thing, me and my wife traveled many countries together, but Turkiye is the only place where my wife wants to not only visit again, but she wants to settle there, live there. That’s the peak of the likeness for any country for me.

And my dream to visit Turkiye again InshaAllah, and she experience there Ramdhan and Eid UL Fitr both InshaAllah.

Thanks for sharing beautiful information about Ramdhan in Turkiye. That’s making me more crave to visit Turkiye again :heart_eyes:

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Zaberdast @TusharSuradkar

Sheerkhurma yes, some people make it regularly in Ramzan, but mostly we use it as a traditional sweet on Eid day which comes right after Ramzan.

And yes, as you mentioned the surname “Zaidi” he must belongs to Shia section of Muslim, and they believe in Making Taboot in Muharram which is the first month of Islamic lunar year. It means almost 3 or maybe 4 months after Ramdhan, Shia Muslim celebrate it with grief , Majlis, Taboot, taaziya and Matam.

But thanks for sharing your beautiful memories with us

I hope to experience Ramdhan in my father’s birth country one day InshaAllah :pray:

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Thank you so much dear @ChiaraMariaC , I’m so glad to get your wishes at both places, social media and connect.

Just a quick question to you, that did you ever experience Ramdhan vibes in your city? I’m sure there are some families in your city too who celebrate Ramdhan.

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That’s great to hear @KashifMisidia . I hope you and your wife can visit again soon.

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I hope so :crossed_fingers: InshaAllah @Gezendunyali :pray:

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Oh yes, there are many languages written in the poster. I used this part from my older post’s poster. When I searched all languages by Google search and made this poster. This time I just crop the older one and use in new poster as it’s relate to the post and ofcource because of shortage of time lollzz

Thanks alot for your beautiful response @PrasadVR Bhai :pray:

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You’re most welcome, dear friend, @KashifMisidia ! :blush: :rosette: :cherry_blossom: :tada:

Yes, a lot of families who celebrate Ramadan are living here.

Unfortunately, I’ve never experienced the Ramadan vibes here. :blush:

But I think the vibe is coming soon and Ramadan will become more in focus in the future. :blush: :tada:

Thank you very much! :blush: :cherry_blossom:

I wish you a great day! :star_struck:

Many warm greetings to you from Hamburg, Germany! :blush: :pakistan: :star2: :de:

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@KashifMisidia beautifuly narrated.

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Ramzan Mubarak Bhai @KashifMisidia . A holy festival to Islamic people , When i read about this in patna news paper during the time of Ramzan one article published daily , which give important message to us and whole world .

today cutting :newspaper_roll: :page_with_curl: :scissors: :scissors:

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Ma Sha Allah @KashifMisidia bhai kia bat hai. Wonderful post and Wonderful description about the month of Ramadan.

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Happy Ramadan!

May this Ramadan brings peace for whole world.

Beautiful writeup and share @KashifMisidia bhai.

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Ramadan Mubarak @KashifMisidia Bhai. May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala accept your and your loved ones fasting and grant mercy, barakah and forgiveness.

Thanks for sharing such a rich content article.

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Ramadan Mubarak!

Nicely narrated the festivity of Ramadan and Eid. Thank you for such a delicious and colorful post, @KashifMisidia

Just after returning from Bangladesh, Ramadan does not feel so vibrant in Dallas. Most of my coworkers here are Muslim, so we sort of get the vibe of Ramadan. But it still is not the same how it would be back home. We break our fast here at 7.30ish, in the evening. It’s past time for even dinner. So iftar table is really basic with regular dinner. Sehri is as brief as possible too. Back home, we used to go shopping (irrespective of our needs) on the night before Eid. We called it, chand raat. Roaming around and shopping at chand raat had always been unparalleled. Ramadan or Eid is never the same in Dallas. Yet, we have our own way of enjoying the festivals, our own way of performing the rituals. We should be thankful to our creator for whatever we are getting. A lot of people are not fortunate enough to enjoy all these things. I prefer to count my blessings. Alhamdulillah.

P.S.: I wanted to give a kudo to your post, but it looks like I have exceeded my “50 kudos in an hour” limit already. I will come back here in an hour to give my kudo. :blush:

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