The Precious Lebaran
Lebaran comes, everyone is happy. That first sentence probably is the best statement to depict how precious Lebaran is. Muslims all over the world are looking forward the day which only comes once a year. Lebaran Day means the day of happiness, when Muslims finally find their winning moment since they have to do fasting which is interpreted as a struggle in a whole month. We must not eat and drink almost a whole day when we fast and we have to be more patient since any anger could make our fast imperfect. Thus, we can say that reaching the perfect Lebaran Day needs full of effort. Since Lebaran Day is a winning day, everyone prepares a lot of things to celebrate Lebaran Day, such as: clothes, food, and even the house decoration. Lebaran is really happiest occasion due to three major reasons.
The first thing that makes Lebaran becomes totally precious is the Almighty God’s blessing. Lebaran is the day about being spotless because of forgiveness. People will ask forgiveness for all of their guilt to families, friends, and even everyone who has hurt because of them. It will be imperfect if people only ask for forgiveness since it only means one-sided forgiveness; thus, they also need to excuse other’s mistakes, let bygones be bygones, and forget all the past. People will complete the blessing of Lebaran by their pure heart as they have no vengeance left to others and the heart purity will lead them becoming better people to start their brand new life again.
Extraordinary things such as special clothes, special menu, and even special house decoration would be the second thing that makes up the elation in Lebaran Day. It is well-known that couple of days before Lebaran, people crowd into market to purchase new clothes. Moreover, they also prepare special menu, for instances: ketupat and opor ayam. People mostly cook ketupat and opor ayam as both foods are commonly known as symbols of Lebaran Day. The unique thing also happens in people’s houses when Lebaran comes as people redecorate their house in order to feel the perfectly feature of Lebaran Day. They hang many replicas of ketupat on the wall and also the banner of wishing a Lebaran Day. The house decoration is not the last special thing society have in Lebaran Day as there is another special thing, pocket money. Pocket money becomes great news for children as adults commonly give them money and the aim of giving pocket money is to share the euphoria in Lebaran Day. Therefore, there are many extraordinary things we have in Lebaran Day.
Besides the God’s bless and extraordinary things, there is one big thing left, that is family’s gathering since it is a kind of tradition in Lebaran Day. Most people take time going back to their hometown. The only purpose of going back to hometown is gathering with the whole family since people rarely gather with their whole family in work days. The distance, of course, is not a big matter for them. Chat, joke, and laugh fulfill the whole day. Hence, Lebaran becomes a day to gather with family.
All in all, Lebaran is everything about special things as we would have special clothes, special menu, and special day for the whole family. Everyone loves Lebaran day and everyone will start a brand new life as all of the mistakes are forgiven, happiness are shared, and extraordinary things accompany the day. Lebaran is truly happiest occasion ever.
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