My Short Holiday (Eid-ul-Adha; Ainah’s Version)

By : A'inatul Mardliyah

Today is the great day. All of the moslem people celebrate Eid-ul-Adha. In the morning, they pray optional prayer, Eid-ul-Adha prayer. In my village, after praying together at 06.00 am,the men goes to the mosque. They do “tahlilan and shalawatan”. After that, they exchange their food that they bring to the other people. It is the tradition to tighten of the brotherhood. Then they go back to their home to breakfast together with their family. And some of them, go to cemetery to send their prayer for their family that have died.

All of the activity in Eid -ul-Adha still continue. There is a great event that must be done. It is called “Qurban”.The people who have “capability” to “ber-Qurban” must do it. Qurbanis dedication to the God (such as camel, cow, goat, etc. that was butchered).The meats of slaughtered animals will be shared to all of the people around of the place. From Qurban, we learn about “keikhlasan”. And Qurban is the way to be closer to the God.

My family and i celebrate Eid-ul-Adha in the home. My brothers and sisters who have married and live in the other home, they come to our sweet home to eat together. We cook the meat from theQurban’s committee. So, there are many foods that made from the meat. Like Satay, Gule, Fried Meat, etc. The foods are very delicious food in the world. Haha. Because we make it with “full of love”.

Sometimes, my friends and i have an agenda in the Eid-ul-Adha. The agenda is called “panggangan” or also known as “barbecue party”. We broil the meats to make Satay and Fried Meat. But i think there is no agenda in this year. So sad.

One of my activity today, my friends and i come together to our school. We discuss about our plan to hold ASEC (Assa’idiyahExpo Campus) 2015. Hopefully, ASEC 2015 will be successful. Aamiin.

Gresik, October 5th, 2014

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