How Do You Celebrate Eid?

[Guest adilrizvi]

(bismillah)

(salam)

Okay so bismillah, I thought about starting a topic where everyone could share how they celebrate Eid where they live. I am especially interested about hearing from people who live in such places where there are few muslims.. I wonder how their Eid goes.. ? :) For a start i can share a few experiences of my own..

In Pakistan its pretty usual, we start our day off with Eid prayers at the local mosque.. then everyone hugs everyone.. some people are not seen hugging anyone but look extremely agitated and are searching everywhere around the mosque for something.. that's because they've just lost their new chappals(slippers) that they bought for eid .. :lol: so in Pakistan there is nothing shocking if you see a guy walking down the street on eid's morning with new clothes on and everything but an old worn out chappal in his feet.. because no one wears their new slippers to the mosque. That's a risk that simply cannot be taken. :D

Then we come back home.. Greet our families.. Eat Sawayyan(a special pakistani dessert).. Then our closest relatives come to our place and we go to theirs to spend some time with them and greet them Eid. :)

Personally my family finds a new way every year to avoid giving Eidi(money given to kids at Eid as a reward for fasting etc etc).. They find a new reason every year to not "celebrate" eid.. Like this year my grandma died like 5 months ago and they have all declared they are not "celebrating" eid.. It's basically code for "we're all gonna go shopping and get new clothes and everything will be usual, but you kids aren't getting any eidi because we're all still sad inside afterall" :D i wonder if that happens with someone else..

Some people are busy taking pictures of themselves all day long so they can create a new album on facebook while others are occupied with more sensible things like visiting the graveyard and saying prayers for the departed ones..

Public transport i.e buses and rikshaw and taxi walas charge extra money as Eidi.. and a lot of other people for example, the Chowkidar(watchman) of your street that you haven't seen or heard from for the whole year shows up and asks for Eidi.. :D

So how do YOU celebrate Eid?

Edited August 29, 2011 by adilrizvi

[Blissful]

(salam)

Your eid sounds beautiful :)

Prior to eid, my mother and I make sweets to serve the night before (maamoul, ka3k el eid, malban etc). Early in the morning, the house is decorated and the sweets are placed in lots of platters so everything is in place beforehand..

Our eid starts off with morning prayers at the mosque. If we can't get to the mosque, we pray as a family. Afterwards, we have a huge breakfast together. Then the visitors start pouring in, and we visit people also. Every visitor that comes has tea, ahwa (arab coffee) and sweets served to them. Little children are given money, and children within the immediate family are given presents as well.

Towards the night, our family normally has a bbq together and we stay up the whole night through under the grape vine we have outside. That's probably my favourite part of eid. Sometimes on the second day, I spend time with close cousins and friends out for dinner and dessert or at other places like eid festivals.

That's here in Australia, though. Eid in Lebanon is so much more beautiful :( I miss it so much. I remember when I was around eight there, the first thing we kids would do was run to the corner shop and buy the shop out completely with our eid money. We would buy candy and above all, firecrackers. The first night of eid, the whole village would be coloured with lights from children's firecrackers and families would be sitting on their porches and rooftops the whole night through, till the local mosque echoed the adhaan through the village. :wub: I wish I was there for eid.

Anyways, Eid sa3eed to everyone in advance! :)

[Guest]

salaams,

your Eid sounds lovely!! :D

well, i live in the UK. The night before Eid, we give presents to our friends and family at the mosque. then me and my mum go to my grandmothers house and apply mendhi, talk, eat yummy foods and lots of chocolate.

Then we go home at around 1 or 2am.

At around 4am my dad and brother wake up and go to the mosque for Fajr namaz and Eid salat, me and my mum wake up at 7 and do our Eid salat, dress up nicely, clean and make a lovely Eid breakfast which includes sevi, masala chai and other bits and bobs, and then my dad and brother return home with these special kebabs and samosa and a big box of chocolates.

We have a nice brekkie and then we go to my naani's house and sit there for a while, talking, playing games etc.

Mum makes a lovely feast of barbecued chicken, homemade chips, kebabs, some yummy African foods and a lovely dessert and we just spend time with the family, playing board games or something fun that we dont usually do.

Then at night we go for a drive around London (at night its lovely) then we go to Edgeware road (very arab area) and have ice cream.

Its not as fun as yours but its the day i look forward to most in the whole year. :) But Eid in Dar es Salaam (where im from) is sooo much better and fun, over there the whole city becomes alive and theres street celebtations, people coming to your house, (halal) parties and barbecues on the beach, especially the sea cliffe (v.popular) and its so much fun!! weathers amazing, everyones so happy, and its the best feeling ever!! i miss it so much there, but InshAllah next Eid ill celebrate there.

EID MUBARAK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D (in advance)

Edited August 29, 2011 by AlHamdulillah110

[Guest adilrizvi]

(salam)

Your eid sounds beautiful :)

Prior to eid, my mother and I make sweets to serve the night before (maamoul, ka3k el eid, malban etc). Early in the morning, the house is decorated and the sweets are placed in lots of platters so everything is in place beforehand..

Our eid starts off with morning prayers at the mosque. If we can't get to the mosque, we pray as a family. Afterwards, we have a huge breakfast together. Then the visitors start pouring in, and we visit people also. Every visitor that comes has tea, ahwa (arab coffee) and sweets served to them. Little children are given money, and children within the immediate family are given presents as well.

Towards the night, our family normally has a bbq together and we stay up the whole night through under the grape vine we have outside. That's probably my favourite part of eid. Sometimes on the second day, I spend time with close cousins and friends out for dinner and dessert or at other places like eid festivals.

That's here in Australia, though. Eid in Lebanon is so much more beautiful :( I miss it so much. I remember when I was around eight there, the first thing we kids would do was run to the corner shop and buy the shop out completely with our eid money. We would buy candy and above all, firecrackers. The first night of eid, the whole village would be coloured with lights from children's firecrackers and families would be sitting on their porches and rooftops the whole night through, till the local mosque echoed the adhaan through the village. :wub: I wish I was there for eid.

Anyways, Eid sa3eed to everyone in advance! :)

bliss your eid sounds awesome! especially the bbq part :)

salaams,

your Eid sounds lovely!! :D

well, i live in the UK. The night before Eid, we give presents to our friends and family at the mosque. then me and my mum go to my grandmothers house and apply mendhi, talk, eat yummy foods and lots of chocolate.

Then we go home at around 1 or 2am.

At around 4am my dad and brother wake up and go to the mosque for Fajr namaz and Eid salat, me and my mum wake up at 7 and do our Eid salat, dress up nicely, clean and make a lovely Eid breakfast which includes sevi, masala chai and other bits and bobs, and then my dad and brother return home with these special kebabs and samosa and a big box of chocolates.

We have a nice brekkie and then we go to my naani's house and sit there for a while, talking, playing games etc.

Mum makes a lovely feast of barbecued chicken, homemade chips, kebabs, some yummy African foods and a lovely dessert and we just spend time with the family, playing board games or something fun that we dont usually do.

Then at night we go for a drive around London (at night its lovely) then we go to Edgeware road (very arab area) and have ice cream.

Its not as fun as yours but its the day i look forward to most in the whole year. :) But Eid in Dar es Salaam (where im from) is sooo much better and fun, over there the whole city becomes alive and theres street celebtations, people coming to your house, (halal) parties and barbecues on the beach, especially the sea cliffe (v.popular) and its so much fun!! weathers amazing, everyones so happy, and its the best feeling ever!! i miss it so much there, but InshAllah next Eid ill celebrate there.

EID MUBARAK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D (in advance)

That's really amazing.. I hope you have a good one this year too!! Eid Mubarak in advance :D :D

Edited August 29, 2011 by adilrizvi

[Aly ReZa]

Salam

Well I am basically from india not ever attend any eid outside

So I will tell u my eid which I celebrate every time in india only.

We don't sleep at the night (usually in ramzan)

We directly go for a morning prayer and then come back to home have a bath dress up nicely then go to 1st prayer of eid let me tell you we have 3 different times for eid namaz over here so I first preferred the 1st namaz which is around 8.15 am

then it ends till 9.00

And yeah unfortunately we also have the same thing about slippers

As my brother adil mentioned in his post

Over here also u will see many people dressed up nicely with the old slippers in their feet.then every1 will start greeting eachother hugging eachother u will see a huge crowd alhumdullilah in pathani and other casual wear its a beautiful scene

Then we come back to home have breakfast greet eachother

Then I go to the cemetry (inside eagerly waiting foe eedi) lol

We move to cemetry meet our departed ones pray 4 them and wish them then we come back to our area and and start planning for the day that where we want to go today.

After that we pray duhr and asar namaz in masjid then I go to my nani place as we have a get togheter at her place in every eid.

We finished with dinner and then I again come down to my friends where rest of my family will go for cemetry

And I go for somewhere for sheesha or to chill out somewhere then again I come back to home at night and then again I move to my nani place for the dinner we all have dinner and then we sat for sumtym and then I start going to greet every 1 and collecting eiddi.

For what I m waiting finally I have done with that.

Then me my mum and dad come back to home have words with eachother for sometimes then good night comes and we all fall down lol.

That's what my eid is hope will have something better in this eid inshallah.

Eid mubarak 2 everyone in advance

Remember me in your supplications.

Wassalam

[Guest adilrizvi]

And yeah unfortunately we also have the same thing about slippers

As my brother adil mentioned in his post

Over here also u will see many people dressed up nicely with the old slippers in their feet.then every1 will start greeting eachother hugging eachother u will see a huge crowd alhumdullilah in pathani and other casual wear its a beautiful scene

Then we come back to home have breakfast greet eachother

Then I go to the cemetry (inside eagerly waiting foe eedi) lol

that was hillarious!! :lol:

And your eid sounds wonderful bro!!! hope you have a great one this year too!!! :)

[Aly ReZa]

that was hillarious!! :lol:

And your eid sounds wonderful bro!!! hope you have a great one this year too!!! :)

Thanx bro wish u the same

Wassalam

[s.fatima]

LOL! Chappal chor! Oh how I miss celebrating Eid in Pakistan! =(

I'm in the US so Eid here isn't as fun. Nevertheless, we try to make the most of it! Since we are not in a Muslim country we have to work on getting days off. So if you work or go to school there are a few adjustments that need to be made unless Eid luckily falls on the weekend (which is beyond awesome). Upon the arrival of Eid, all men go to mosque for namaz. Women at my house stay home and make some yummy food preparations. I of course sleep in, yes yes very kaam chor lol. But eventually I wake up and get dressed in my new clothes and head out for some Eidi lol. In the afternoon a lot of family friends and a few relatives come to our house to wish us. Then in the evening time we head out to close relatives and take endless pictures and eat good food. Overall, this Eid cannot be compared with Pakistan's but it still turns out to be great fun!

[3rd June]

well...

I start with Eid prayers in Mosque; do sadaka, n then to meet relativez... thtz it.