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Tuesday October 24 is Hariraya

October 22, 2006

  Tomorrow Monday is not a Holiday but Tuesday is Hariraya Holiday. 

Hariraya is the Muslims New Year so for one complete month all Malays in Singapore will be visiting their relatives house and prepare a lot of food for guests like kuehs(malay cakes) and cookies that are all put in beautiful jar containers. It is the time to visit their homes and savor the taste of  their Rendangs and Malay curry.

 When we were still new in Singapore, I found the Malays way of dressing as medyo baduy. Their clothes are made from the cucurtinahin fabrics(flowers with bold green,violet and shocking blue colors) you can find na kinikilo sa Divisoria.

Every Hariraya you will see a whole family dressed in the same color (like violet, fuschia, pink or whatever). Para ba silang combo na kakanta sa Bayside(a famous restaurant in Roxas Boulevard). But I guess its part of their national identity. At least sila they wear it almost everyday. In Manila, when can you see someone wearing a patadyong or barot saya. I have not even worn one for my entire life.

In my previous office, all the Malay ladies wear their Baju Kurung almost every Friday. My Malay friend Asnah even asked me one time if I can wear the Philippine National costume and I said I had none.

Another thing is that almost all Malay ladies I know can bake kuehs and loves to cook . Me ,taga kain lang ako.

I hope I get to visit my friend Asnah and Siti this Hariraya.

To my Malay Friends Happy Hariraya Aidilfitri!!! 

 

 


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