Eid-el Fitri Holiday is the Happiest Time in My Country, Indonesia

by Khoirotul Amanah/ 109221422444

There are many holidays in my country. Starting from New Year Holiday, School Holiday, Independence Day, until Christmas Holiday, there can also be many other unexpected holidays. However, there is one of them which the best. This is the time when all my family and relatives can be together after such a long separation for their own business. This is the time when there are lot of foods and cookies, also extra pocket money for the young. This is Eid-el Fitri Holiday, or also known as Lebaran. This holiday is the happiest occasion in my country.

As the happiest occasion, Eid-el Fitri gathers separated family and relatives each year. Many family members and relatives are alienated one to another by several reasons like marriage and work. A daughter who is married, usually moves from her house and goes along her husband either to her parents in law’s house, or to the new one. Just like marriage, work or job also separates family. It is awful for an adult (especially male) to keep quiet only while he does not have any job; therefore, the adult people move to another place to find job easier. For example, there is a culture in West Sumatra that a growing up boy should leave his hometown and search out for an occupation which is in far away. Because of this culture, he is parted from his family, and the finest time to be together is Eid-el Fitri. In sum, Lebaran is the great occasion to be in accord each year.

Not only gathers the parted people, Eid-el Fitri is also the time when there are many cookies and foods. In Indonesia, providing cookies on the table for the guests is a culture. The cookies are various as Nastar, Castangel, Crispy, and many others. Besides, the host of the house usually serves you well by providing special meal. Take for instance, in my house, you will be served with fruity ice, while in my grandmother’s house you can find black sticky rice tapai. Furthermore, there are particular foods which are hard to be found except in Lebaran time; for examples Ketupat and Lepet. Ketupat and lepet are both covered in coconut leaves, but they are made from different composition; Ketupat is made from rice, Lepet is made from sticky rice. You will not see other days when table is full with meal other than this.

Furthermore, Eid-el Fitri is the time when there is extra pocket money for the young. When the family and relatives are together, there is a culture of my country, Indonesia, which always pleases the young. This gladness is collecting extra money from family and relatives. When you are younger from one whom has already had an income, and you have not married yet, you have completed the criteria of getting extra pocket money. The pocket money which you get is usually more than what you get on each ordinary days.

All in all, Eid-el Fitri Holiday, or Lebaran Holiday, is the most delighted time in the whole year. Everybody should be pleased in this beautiful time for several reasons; Relatives are in concert, having the various foods and cookies which are provided, and the youngsters are also happy with additional money they get.