Significance, Duration, Gifts – What is the Muslim festival after Ramadan all about?
The most important questions and answers
Sugar Festival: This is how Muslims and Muslims celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan
During Ramadan, a date is traditionally eaten first after sunset to open the stomach. At the Sugar Festival, believers are allowed to eat again during the day.
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Every year in the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, members of the Muslim faith celebrate the fasting month of Ramadan. This year it begins on March 23rd and ends on April 20th with the Sugar Festival. The most important questions and answers about the festival of breaking the fast.
What do you celebrate at the Sugar Festival?
At the Sugar Festival, members of the Muslim faith celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan – the breaking of the fast is celebrated. During Ramadan, believers abstain from eating, drinking and other stimulants during the day. With the beginning of the Sugar Festival, believers are allowed to eat again during the day – and this is celebrated exuberantly.
When do you congratulate?
Traditionally, believers go to the mosque on the morning of the Sugar Festival – this is where the festival prayer takes place. Only then do they congratulate each other on the sugar festival.
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How to congratulate on breaking the fast?
If you want to say congratulations on the Sugar Festival, you can simply wish a “Happy Sugar Festival”. The typical greeting for breaking the fast is “Eid Mubarak” in Arabic and is translated as “Blessed Feast”. In Turkish, the wish for the Sugar Festival is “Bayramin mübarek olsun”, which means something like “I wish you a blessed festival”.
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How long does the Sugar Festival last?
The festival of breaking the fast always lasts three days. This year the Sugar Festival will be celebrated from April 21st to 23rd. The date of the Sugar Festival is not based on the Gregorian calendar, but on the lunar calendar and therefore always falls on a different day.
What do you give for Sugar Festival?
Even if it is customary for the whole family to get together for the Sugar Festival, only the children are given something – adults usually do not give each other anything. Sweets are often given to children to break the fast – hence the name Sugar Festival. If you want to give something typical, you will find special baked goods in Arabic bakeries that are made for the Sugar Festival. Small souvenirs or even larger gifts for the children are also typical. Depending on the family or region, there are different traditions when it comes to gifts and celebrating the Sugar Festival.
What is forbidden at the Sugar Festival?
Since the Sugar Festival is the day of breaking the fast, nothing that was forbidden during Ramadan is forbidden on it. Furthermore, members of the Muslim faith are not allowed to do things that are forbidden in the Holy Scriptures of Islam (Koran), such as the consumption of pork or alcohol.
What other names are there for the Sugar Festival?
Ramadan is celebrated wherever there are members of the Muslim faith. Depending on the region, the sugar festival is sometimes given a different name. In Arabic it is called Eid al-Fitr, in Turkey it is called Ramazan Bayrami and in Malay-speaking countries the sugar festival is called Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa.
