Abdurrahman- Food in my Culture

Eid

Every year at the end of Ramadan (the holy month in Islam) Muslims celebrate Eid, which lasts for three days. During Eid the main thing that happens is the eating of food.  My family celebrate Eid.

In my family the first thing we do during Eid is go to the Eid Gah special prayer prayed on Eid. Sometimes we eat something sweet but small, such as dates, before going. Once we come back we get ready to go visit people’s houses so we can eat.

We go to our Grandma’s house first. She always has mouth-watering food. I usually eat food such as chicken and curry. We try to eat less because we have other houses to go to but that becomes a bit hard because there is a lot of nice food. One of the best things she has is the juice. Then we go to our other close relatives houses until we go back home.

As soon as we get back home our parents get the food ready. Our dad makes butter chicken sometimes and our mum makes the sweets. We sometimes make other cultural food such as sushi. We kids play with our gifts or help out with the cooking. Our mum already does lots of the cooking before Eid. We continue this process for three days. It is really fun.

I love celebrating Eid because it gives you time to be with the ones you love. Also you get lots of money and gifts on the day.

Abdurrahman