Hari Raya Puasa

      Hari Raya Puasa is festival of breaking of the fast(puasa). Hari Raya Puasa celebrates by Malay in Malaysia. 

      Before celebrating this festival, they have to fast for a month. The purpose they fast is to experience the poor’s life. Understanding how the poor live without food.

       First day of Hari Raya Puasa, man or boy must go to Masjid for worshipping in early morning while women or girl will prepare food for celebrating and serving visitors. After worshipping, they will go to cemetery for worshipping and visiting their family who had left the world. After that, they will come back to village celebrate with their family. They will visit their friends too. There is a ceremony of Hari Raya Puasa is making apology for what their do throughout this year to their family. They will send greeting to each other by kissing hand of elder or giving hug. Children will also get money from elder like Chinese’s ‘Angpao’ but they call 'duit raya'.

Masjid

Making Apology

Duit Raya

      About food, Ketupat (a type of dumpling made from rice packed by palm leaf) is a food they must prepare during Hari Raya Puasa every year. Ketupat usually served with rendang(spicy meat dish) or curry. Lemang (made of glutinous rice and cooked in a hollow bamboo stick) also served with this.

Ketupat

Lemang

Rendang