Eid al-Fitr 1440 Hijri is coming soon, Indonesian Muslims might celebrate it on Wednesday June 5th 2019 (dates may vary). Eid al-Fitr is an important and big religious event for Muslim families which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan (lunar Hijri month). Muslim families all over the world may celebrate Eid al-Fitr in different ways by adopting their local culture. For example, in Indonesia there are a lot of Muslim families prepare and and serve ketupat as one of popular traditions to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Ketupat is rice packed inside a diamond-shaped container of woven palm leaf pouch. Even though the tradition on preparing and serving ketupat is strongly linked to Islamic tradition of Eid al-Fitr celebration which also known locally as lebaran, ketupat is also known in non-Muslim communities, such as Hindu Balinese. Not only in Indonesia, ketupat also could be found in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Philippines but in different names.
Here’s a photo of an uncooked ketupat that I took last year.
Now, I’d love to know how your family or your Muslim friends/neighbors celebrate Eid al-Fitr? I also do want to know both religious and non-religious popular traditions from non-Muslim Local Guides around the world, so please share your favorite/popular tradition here in the comment below. Eid Mubarak - Selamat Idul Fitri !!!
Di daerahmu kalau buat ketupat pas hari H1 atau H8? Seperti di Kudus pembuatan kupat/ketupat dan lepet beras ketan dilaksanakan di hari H8 atau seminggu setelah hari raya.
Salam @Irfan_dPriyanto . Di daerah saya Bengkulu, mayoritas penduduk membuat ketupat H -1 Lebaran namun lazimnya kami konsumsi ketupat pas waktu Lebaran. Di sini kami tidak ada acara Kupatan seperti di beberapa daerah di Jawa. Terima kasih untuk komentarnya.
That’s a beautiful shot @AdriansyahPutera and a completely new fact for me. While I was raised in a Catholic family I am not religious, but learning about other cultures and how they mix traditions is one of my fascinations, so your post was quite enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!
Hello @Marichams . Thank you for kind visit and comment. I love to learn about foreign culture or tradition. If you don’t mind I’d like to know if you have any favorite religious/non religious tradition from your country.
I’ve red both your articles about Ramadan month and Eid Al Fiter in Indonesia. I really loved the way. Here I would like to share you our Arabic no Sugar Coffee and the Maamol both home made. We like to take our coffee and the Maamol during the Eid days, we host the visitors in our houses on we offer them to eat with us. The Maamol ingredients are a soft Dates put inside the cooked flour in the oven. We shaped it in different shapes as desired. Please enjoy looking at the ( gif ) caption shows you the coffee in the hot keeping kittle and Maamol over the table in my house.
Thank you for share us your great story about Ramadan. I’m glad to see you in Connect. I would like to try someday Maamol. Looks delicious and tasty. Make me mouth watering.
Thank you for reading and sharing your local tradition with us here. Is that a Jordanian tradition to have coffee without sugar or just a personal preference? How do you want your coffee normally, pure and strong or mild?
In Indonesia during the Eid days especially on the first and second day we also host the visitors (mostly our relatives and neighbors) to eat food or snacks and drink with us. I’ve never tried and heard about Maamol before. I’d definitely love to try it when I have an opportunity one day.
No, the photo shows an uncooked ketupat. The coconut leaf wrapped rice that we call ketupat here must be boiled first. Thank you for your visit @Ewaade_3A
Oh I see; Ketupat is like our ‘Ofada Rice’ then. That’s the only Rice boiled in leaves in Nigeria and it is mostly eaten by people from the South-Western region of the Country. @AdriansyahPutera
Raw ketupat can be boiled in plain water, but more people like to boiled it in a mixture of coconut milk, water and salt. Do you have any Ofada Rice photo to share here @Ewaade_3A ?
