Eid ul-Fitr
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Eid ul-Fitr
(Festival of the Breaking of the Fast)
Also called
Eid, "Ramadan Eid", "Smaller
Eid"; Idul Fitri, Hari Lebaran
(Indonesia); Hari Raya Puasa,
Hari Lebaran, Aidilfitri
(Malaysia); Riyoyo, Riyayan,
Ngaidul Fitri (Javanese); Rojar
Eid (Bangladesh); Ramazan
Bayramı (Turkic); Korite
(Senegal); Sallah (Hausa);
Kochnay Akhtar (????? ????)
(Pashto); Eid-e-Sayed Fitr
(Persian);Choti Eid
(Urdu);Ramazanski Bajram
(Bosnian); Cejna Remezanê
(Kurdish)
Observed by Muslims around the world, as
well as non-Muslims in Muslim
majority areas
Type
Islamic
Significance End of Ramadan
Date
1 Shawwal (celebrations
continue until the 3rd)
2008 date
30 September-1 October
2009 date
20 September
2010 date
10 September
Celebrations
festive family meals, gift giving
Observances Congregational prayer, giving
charity, wearing new clothes,
eating sweet foods. Kids
usually get gifts or money.
Related to
Ramadan, Eid ul-Adha
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Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (Arabic: ??? ?????
‘Īdu l-Fiṭr
), often abbreviated to Eid, is a
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eid ul-Fitr
1
Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ra-
madan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid
is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while
Fiṭr means "to break the fast" (and can also
mean "nature", from the word "fitrah"); and
so t