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BLIZZARD, Shamrock Bulletin Headquarters – Welcome back to Cultural Compass! In this column, we will be exploring different traditions from all around the world. Today’s edition will be looking at the Islamic festival, Eid. “But what is Eid?”, you might ask. Well, this edition should answer all your burning questions! So without further ado, let’s jump right into it!

Here’s a fun fact; there are actually two Eids! The first Eid is named ‘Eid-al-Fitr’, otherwise known as the Festival of Breaking the Fast – this falls on the first day of the 10th month of the Islamic calendar, Shawwal, which occurs right after Ramadan (the 9th month on the Islamic Calendar where Muslims participate in 30 days of fasting where you cannot eat from sunrise to sunset). This Eid lasts for one day and typically begins with an Eid prayer performed with lots of people and a donation to charity ( known as Zakat-al-Fitr). This year’s Eid-al-Fitr was observed on March 30th/March 31st!

The second Eid is known as ‘Eid-al-Adha’, also known as the ‘Festival of Sacrifice’, falls on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar ( Dhu-al-Hijjah) and lasts for 3 days. Like Eid-al-Adha, there is an Eid prayer in the morning. However, what makes Eid-al-Adha so different from Eid-al-Fitr is that there is another custom including a sacrificial lamb. This is to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim (AS)’s willingness to sacrifice for the sake of Allah (SWT).

That was rather informative! Now, shifting onto some specific cultural aspects of Eid comes our interview segment. This week’s lucky interviewee was (stinky) CJ!!! Everyone say thank you when you next see them around!

First off, what’s your ethnicity?

I’m a mix of Aruban, Surinamese, Jamaican and T&T with Dutch.

Woah, that’s quite a lot – very interesting combination. My next question is if there are any specific traditions which these cultures have for Eid?

The Muslim community in Jamaica is really small, which are prayers at the mosque and then followed by meals with family.. they engage in charity work and helping the people in need for example providing food. In Suriname it’s more of a feast day as it’s a national holiday. Same with prayers and then family gathering it’s the same as Jamaica.
In Aruba, Muslims do the same but they invite non Muslim friends to come enjoy the food they’ve prepared including family. In Netherlands it’s a gathering for prayer and then they also eat like Turkish morrocan etc. T&T, it’s the same but they also invite non Muslims as they host open houses to enjoy the meals

So informative! New question, what kind of food do you eat on Eid?

Tbh, I just make pasta😭

That’s so real tho! Why don’t you describe your day for this year’s Eid?

Well I wake up for fajr, then sleep 😭 and praying my salah’s + doing homework innit

Lowkey same here for this year. Finally, what would you say is your most enjoyable Eid?

Tbh, probably praying all the salah’s and also 20 minutes earlier before Fajr for Tahajjud

Thank you once again, CJ, for that interview! I learned a lot more about celebrating Eid in different cultures and hopefully YOU did too! Thank you, guys, for reading this edition of Cultural Compass, let us know what you thought of this edition in the comments below!

And who knows… where in the world shall we go next?

Ame

ACP Shamrock Bulletin Reporter & Brigadier General

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