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Thursday, February 21, 2008
My purple family with my grandparents on the first day!
Me and my siblings on the first day!
There are many festivals that my family and I celebrate every year. The most fun festival celebrated is of course, none other than Hari Raya Puasa. It is to celebrate after fasting for a whole month.
Nights before Hari Raya Puasa, my family would go to Geylang to do some shopping. It is a tradition for all Malays in Singapore to go there to shop. The whole place would be packed with people looking for nice Malay tradition clothes, known as baju kurung and kebaya. It was like sardines in a can. My family usually picks a theme color to wear on the first day of Hari Raya Puasa. The night before Hari Raya Puasa, my whole family will gather at my aunties house to prepare the cooking. The men usually buy the stuffs but the ladies always do the delicious cooking. We would do extra so that we can taste the food when breaking our fast at dusk.
The examples of food that we cook are, the traditional ketupat and rendang.
The night before Hari Raya Puasa is always very fun cause the whole family would sit in the living room and watch old Malay movies. We would watch till late night but not too late because we have to wake up early for the next special day. Men would go for the important prayers at mosques in Singapore while the ladies would be at home, preparing the house , getting the food ready and making themselves all made-up and pretty. My mom is a certified make-up artist, so she would make me and my sister up and she would make our hair look very nice and neat .
After getting ready, all of my relatives would meet up at my grandmother’s house. There will be a lot of food already prepared. My favorite food was the colorful kueh. We would all sit around and talk while enjoying the scrumptious meal. Then comes the most important part – seeking forgiveness from one another. It is a very emotional moment as some would cry as they were sincerely apologizing with one another. When young children seek for forgiveness, it is a tradition that they elder people such as adults, would give us decorative envelopes with an amount of money inside.
Nights before Hari Raya Puasa, my family would go to Geylang to do some shopping. It is a tradition for all Malays in Singapore to go there to shop. The whole place would be packed with people looking for nice Malay tradition clothes, known as baju kurung and kebaya. It was like sardines in a can. My family usually picks a theme color to wear on the first day of Hari Raya Puasa. The night before Hari Raya Puasa, my whole family will gather at my aunties house to prepare the cooking. The men usually buy the stuffs but the ladies always do the delicious cooking. We would do extra so that we can taste the food when breaking our fast at dusk.
The examples of food that we cook are, the traditional ketupat and rendang.
The night before Hari Raya Puasa is always very fun cause the whole family would sit in the living room and watch old Malay movies. We would watch till late night but not too late because we have to wake up early for the next special day. Men would go for the important prayers at mosques in Singapore while the ladies would be at home, preparing the house , getting the food ready and making themselves all made-up and pretty. My mom is a certified make-up artist, so she would make me and my sister up and she would make our hair look very nice and neat .
After getting ready, all of my relatives would meet up at my grandmother’s house. There will be a lot of food already prepared. My favorite food was the colorful kueh. We would all sit around and talk while enjoying the scrumptious meal. Then comes the most important part – seeking forgiveness from one another. It is a very emotional moment as some would cry as they were sincerely apologizing with one another. When young children seek for forgiveness, it is a tradition that they elder people such as adults, would give us decorative envelopes with an amount of money inside.
We would then visit our other relatives together. Each day of Hari Raya Puasa is celebrated with full excitement and enthusiasm. However, we don't go visiting everyday because some people also wants to visit us at our own home. So sometimes, we make an open house.
Hari Raya is about visiting our relatives, and seeking forgiveness. It is such a good festival, to strengthen family bonds and to just have fun with your own family!
Comparison and contrast.
Jess celebrates Christmas, but not with his family. He is not that close with his family. He is closer to his best friend, Leslie, instead. However, I am close to my family and friends. When we celebrate Hari Raya, I would go out with my family and friends.
He celebrates Christmas by giving Leslie a dog that he got for her. Jess did not do any family bonding during the festival but I did. He cannot seem to get along well with his family members. He is also not that close with his mother as much as I am. However, we all do know that he had fun during his Christmas festival with Leslie.
I feel that Jess ‘s way of celebrating an exciting festival is very unexciting maybe because he does not have close relationship with his family or he does not have enough money. Whatever the case, Jess makes the best out of it and enjoy. As for me, I celebrate my festival full with joy and enthusiasm, showing how much that festival meant to me. Spending each day meaningfully as I strongly feel each day of Heri Raya Puasa is valuable and special.
He celebrates Christmas by giving Leslie a dog that he got for her. Jess did not do any family bonding during the festival but I did. He cannot seem to get along well with his family members. He is also not that close with his mother as much as I am. However, we all do know that he had fun during his Christmas festival with Leslie.
I feel that Jess ‘s way of celebrating an exciting festival is very unexciting maybe because he does not have close relationship with his family or he does not have enough money. Whatever the case, Jess makes the best out of it and enjoy. As for me, I celebrate my festival full with joy and enthusiasm, showing how much that festival meant to me. Spending each day meaningfully as I strongly feel each day of Heri Raya Puasa is valuable and special.
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