Rizqi Adnamazida

Lebaran Day as the Happiest Occasions

Every year, Muslims celebrate Lebaran Day. They celebrate it after fasting for a whole month. In the morning on first day of Lebaran, Muslims go to the mosque to do Sholat Ied. Then, Muslims forgive the others’ mistakes that they have ever done. They also do many kinds of activities that could make everyone glad all day long. The activities are gathering with families, enjoying delicious food, and receiving pocket money (especially for children). Because of those three reasons, Lebaran Day is one of the happiest occasions for Muslims.

The first activity after Muslim do Sholat Ied is that they gather with their families. Let’s say, for example, student who studies out of their hometown or someone who works in other province. They will go home to celebrate Lebaran Day with their lovely families. If they have members of the families who live far away from their hometowns, they will take a trip and hold an event to gather all of them together, it could called a kind of reunion. Because meeting with families on Lebaran Day gives joyfulness for them.

Besides gathering with families, Muslims have some special food on Lebaran Day. Take, for instance, ketupat with chicken opor and also cookies. Ketupat is made of rice which is wrapped with young leaves of palm and it has square shape. Muslims usually eat it with chicken opor. Then, opor is kind of soup which is made of coconut milk as the liquid. The coconut milk gives the strong taste to the soup, and it will taste good if it is eaten with ketupat, they are right combination after all. About cookies, it is prepared if there are some neighbors or visitors come in to someone’s house to say Happy Lebaran Day. Those two kinds of food are most important meals which are supposed to be prepared on Lebaran Day.

Lebaran Day is not perfect yet before receiving pocket money, especially for children. They receive it from their grandparents, their uncles, their aunts, and even from their neighbors. Remembering this habit, teenagers usually do not receive pocket money anymore. Perhaps, this is because the adults think that teenagers do not need the money to buy snacks. Actually the needs of the teenagers are much more than the children. Teenagers are not really need money to buy snacks, but they need money to buy some stuff, such as clothes and accessories. And they could buy it from the money that is given by their own parents. So that, Muslims give the pocket money only for the children.

Over all, gathering with families, enjoying some delicious food, and especially for children who are receiving pocket money are kinds of activities which could make Muslims glad all day long on Lebaran. Lebaran Day gives Muslims a special moment to show the thankfulness to God. They celebrate Lebaran Day happily, and they always wait for the next Lebaran. When Lebaran is over, Muslims share they experiences during Lebaran Day, and some of them use Lebaran Day as the topic of their essay assignments. Lebaran Day as the happiest occasions will always memorized by Muslims.