Greetings! Eid Mubarak to everyone out there. This is Eid Day here in Pakistan and many other countries of Europe and Arab. Happy Eid to everyone out there. This Eid is different from the last one due to pandemic situations. Although we are enjoying at home but to celebrate with friends and relatives was more enjoyable. I have seen many Pakistanis and other muslim content creator here in read.cash. But I am here to tell everyone how we celebrate Eid. Either you are a Muslim or Not, we are just a family of Bitcoin Cash community. ❤️ So how it starts:

Islamic Calendar

Every new month of Islamic calendar starts with the sighting of new moon. Unlike Julian Calendar there is no specific days in any month of Islamic Calendar. As Moon takes almost 29.5 days to revolve around earth, so either the month would be of 29 days or 30 days. Every country has its own committee to sight the moon for the new month. Here in my country this committee is called Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. Ruet mean sighting and Hilal means Moon of first day (or New Moon). Islamic Calendar has twelve months in a year.

Holy Month of Ramadan

Ramadan is the 9th month of Islamic Calendar and has an importance in Islam. Ramadan was the month of revelation of the Holy Quran. In Ramadan we fast all 29/30 days. Fast is an obligatory prayer in Islam. Fast starts from Fajar ( before sunrise) and ends on Maghrib (at the time of sunset). We don't have to eat and drink all the way from sunrise to the sunset. In the hole month of Ramadan. We practice fasting and other obligatory prayer like Salah and reading Quran with the translation. By the way there are not only muslims who fast but many religions have the concept of fasting with the little bit of variation.

Anyways, This Ramadan was the simplest of them I have ever seen. No Iftar Parties, no shopping for the Eid due to lockdown and no heavy iftar (Iftar means breaking the fast at the time of sunset).

Although moon sighting for Eid here in my country always controversial due to different sects claiming sighting of moon on different days. But on this Eid whole country is celebrating Eid on same day.

Chaand Raat (Moon Sighting Night for Eid)

Usually moon is sighted in between 7 to 9 pm. But last night Committee took almost 6 hours to declare whether it is Eid or not tomorrow. More than the half of my family members were sleeping when Committee declared at almost 11:25pm that tomorrow will be Eid. We was expecting another fast tomorrow but suddenly it happened. With happiness and joy I awake other family members. A lot of work have to be done before sunrise. Ironing the clothes, polishing the shoes setting up the bedsheets of guestroom in case of any guest coming to meet us and other piece of work. It was almost 3 am when we went to bed.

Eid Day

I woke up at almost 7 am after having a tight nap of 4 hours. Brushed my teeth and went to the bakery for milk. Milk is a very important ingredient on Eid as we make a sweet dish called "Sewayaan" or "Sheer Khorma". This is traditional dish here in my country for Eid ul Fitr. Basically we celebrate 2 Eids in a year. One at the end of Ramadan which called Eid ul Fitr and other on the 10th date of Zilhaj (last month of Islamic Calendar).

So making "Sheer Khorma" on Eid ul Fitr is a tradition in our country. Have a look at it:

Dry fruits are used too to make it look delicious 🤤. After eating the "Sheer Khorma" we got ready to go to for Eid Prayer.

Eid prayer usually offered in a big ground called "Eid Gah" (A place to offer Eid Prayer). After offering the prayer we came home and exchanges greetings with family members. Then we went to my uncle's house but with all S.O.Ps of pandemic.

After returning from relatives were tired and wanted to sleep as we have not slept enough last night. While others are sleeping, I am writing this article on read.cash to share my experience on this Eid. Its lunch time by the way.

Chicken Biryani is basically rice having chicken in it. Believe me you would love to eat it. My all time favorite food after vegetable rice.

• Chicken Biryani is Love ❤️

I am done with the lunch now but day is not end. We will have Chicken, Mutton and barbecue at night. Can't wait for the night. Lol. I am a foodie. Love eating spicy food. hehe

Will write another article for what we do tonight. Till then waiting for the Rusty a.k.a @TheRandomRewarder to visit my profile. Hope so he is not angry anymore.

Please share your experience on this Eid, Easter, Holi or Christmas. I would love to read what you people do on your main events. Thank you so much for reading article. Bye

Thanks.