Ramadan and EID in my countryside village

Name: Alif Islam

ID: 24104110

Section: 41

Ramadan and EID in my countryside village

Located 127KM southeast of Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh is my home district Feni. On the outskirts of Feni along the border of India is my village Chagolnaiya. After finishing my mid exams in university my family decided to go to my village for the last few days of Ramadan and Eid ul fitr. It takes about 6hrs to reach my grandparents’ house.                                                                                                    

                                      

We reached around 8pm and without wasting time after greeting all my relatives we went straight to bed as we were tried from the long journey and we had suhoor. We woke up for suhoor in the middle of the night with stars glistening over the sky which we don’t get to see in the cities due to air pollution. Nevertheless, we had our suhoor and then as a local tradition we had rice with milk and a banana as a sweetener as our finishing meal. And then a loud horn sound, like a disaster warning system is played at the local mosque to signal the end of suhoor and the last fasting begin. Next day I woke up to the morning rays of sun peeking through the window. I went outside the yard to take a little walk and view the village after a long time in its natural beauty. Standing in the middle of the field with a nice natural view in front and taking in a big deep inhale of air felt so refreshing. I passed the day by visiting my relatives, talking to my cousins and making salah. We all sat for iftar in the evening waiting for the loud horn of the mosque to break our fast. All the food was made by my grandmother while my mom and aunts provided a hand. The food made by my grandmother was succulent and everyone enjoyed it. We had beguni, alou chop, dim chip, bout muri, jilapi, lemonade, water melon and so on.

 Then me and my father went to do the tarawih prayer. We went early to bed as tomorrow was EID. After waking at 7am I went for a bath in your family pond. I rinsed my whole body clean made wadu and wore my new reddish pink Panjabi which my parents bought when they went to India for medical purposes. After praying the EID prayer, i hugged all my relatives wishing them “Eid Mubarak” and took the blessing from the elders. Later I received some money from my uncle and parents which I always looked forward too. Then in the afternoon I visited my more distant relatives in the village and was presented with a variety of sweets and hardened pithas. Then in the evening we had a barbecue where all the members of the family gathered together under the stary night sky to prepare the bbq while enjoying ourselves. And thus my journey of EID in my countryside village comes to an end.