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Quick Facts : Hari Raya Puasa
| Date: Aug 19,
2012 |
Type: National |
Also Called:
Hari Raya Aidilfitri |
| Celebrations:
Visiting relatives house, wearing
traditional costumes |
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Image courtesy:
flickr.com |
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Hari Raya Puasa means "Day of Celebration"
is an important religious festival
celebrated by the Muslims in Singapore and
Malaysia. This festival is marked as the end
of Ramadan that is one month of fasting.
On this day the Muslims go for prayers in
mosques at early morning and followed by
visiting the graves. In evening Muslims
recite the takbir in mosques. For Hari Raya
Puasa, oil lamps at homes and mosques are
lighted from the 20th day of Ramadan and
continue lighting bright until the end of
the festival.
On Hari Raya Puasa everyone put on new
clothes, houses are thoroughly cleaned and
decorated, people celebrate the evening with
friends and families with delicious food
like cakes, sweets, biscuits, ketupat,
rending (a meat cuisine) etc.
This festival is greeted with a great joy,
symbolizes purification and renewal and
signifies a victory of self-restraint. |
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Other holidays celebrated in Singapore
| New Year's Day |
Chinese New Year |
| Chinese New Year |
Good Friday |
| Labour Day |
Vesak Day |
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National Day |
Hari Raya Puasa |
| Deepavali |
Hari Raya Haji |
| Christmas Day |
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