Ramadan Religious Festival is celebrated on first three days of Şevval Month which is tenth month of Hicri Calendar. Because of Hicri Calendar’s being a moon calendar , years are 11 days shorter than sun based Miladi Calendar. For this reason every year Ramadan Religious Festival is celebrated 11-12 days earlier than the previous year.
Ramadan Religious Festival is celebrated at the end of the month that people fast. National holiday is declared all over the country for four days including eve day.
Preparations are done before the religious festival, in order to serve for guests cologne and sugars are bought, variety desserts are made. New clothes are bought for children.
On Ramadan Religious Festival’s first day people pray in mosques, only men perform the Bairam Namaz. During Religious Festival the Muslims visit their friends, relatives and celebrate their Religious Festival. During these visits cologne, sweet and candies are usually served.
Everybody wear smartly. Children wear their new clothes.
Youngs visit older people in the religious Festival. Old people’s hands are
kissed. Older people give money to the children. Desserts, sugars, chocolates
are served. Baklava is the most liked and
served dessert. Besides people who are offended to each other make peace
because of the religious festival.
Moreover, children knock their neighboors’ house doors , the landlords give them candies, some money.
Ramadan Religious Festival has 3 features:
1- Muslims help the poor in Ramadan.
2- Muslims meet each other, people who broke up each other come together and give gifts each other.
3- In this Ramadan Religious Festival, muslims go to the graveyard to visit their relatives’ graves and pray for .
Ceramonies;
Family Dinner
(Particularly Lunch and Brunch)
Giving present or money
to the children
Wearing new clothes
Traditions:
Perform the Bairam Namaz
Giving money to the poor
candies
Baklava
Cologne and Candies
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