Hari Raya :D

Nurul Asnida binti Mohd Ridzuan

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Hari Raya Aidil Fitri- it can be defined as the day all Muslims around the world will celebrate after a month fasting from dawn till Fajr. It is also known as Hari Raya Puasa as it is the mark for the Muslim’s triumph as they can fast through the whole month without any disturbance from their lust. For children, it is their time to wear new “Baju Kurung” and collect “duit raya” by visiting their neighbour’s houses with their friends. For adults, they celebrate Hari Raya as the day to visit their relatives and to seek forgiveness from each other.

A couple of year before 2015, my mother already not bought the “Kuih Raya”, Kek Raya, as she said that all of my sibling will not finished it, and it will wasteful. So, she decided to make a new tradition which “If you want it, you bake it!” That means, if my sibling and I want to eat Chocolate Cookies, we have to Google the recipes, and bought the ingredients, and bake it by ourselves. So that, it can save money and I can learn how to bake the cookies. Other than that, my mother also will make one of my favourite food, Colourful Tapai. Before she cooked it, she will sink the sticky rice into two colour water which orange and pink each. Then, after 3 hours sink it, my mom will steam it on the stove until the rice turn to sticky rice. Next, after finished it, she will put out and place it on the tray so easy for her to scatter the yeast on the sticky rice. And hours later, she will put in the small container. Usually, my grandmother will pack it in “daun pisang” or “daun getah”, but my mom just packet it in the cute and smaller container so my brother can eat it using colourful small spoon.

On the first Shawal, I will wake up early so that I can help my mother to prepare the delicious dishes while all boys went to mosque to perform “Solat Sunat Hari Raya” like Nasi Dagang, Ketupat, Tapai, Cookies and so on. After an hours, they went back home and I prepared it for them. After that, we went to burial ground to “visit” my grandfather and my uncle. We also clean it by removes all the dead grass and read Ya Siin for them. We went back home after finished it. He drove us to Pasir Mas, Kelantan which it was located my grandparent’s mother. My father wants my sibling and I visit our grandparent so that we will know our relatives.

In conclusion, Hari Raya is not the only day to celebrate our triumph after a month fasting but it is also the day to strengthen family bond through family.