RAMADAN

Despite not having Christmas in the Arab country, Muslims have more important traditions and events similar to Christmas, one of them is Ramadan, such an important event in Islamic culture that represents for its followers the same as for the whole world. world represents christmas. Ramadan begins with the sighting of the first crescent moon of the ninth month of the Arab calendar, although sometimes it is difficult to see it since it only appears for 20 minutes.

The Arabs have lunar calculations that indicate where the moon is, when sighting it begins to Ramadan the next day. This celebration lasts about a month, between April 2 and May 2, here what the Arabs do is leave all bad thoughts, pray, grow spiritually and establish relationships with Allah. Followers have to fast between sunrise and sunset, unless they are pregnant, sick or in a menstrual cycle.

At meals Muslims have the opportunity to share among their community and break the fast, they have a pre-dawn breakfast at 4:00 am before their first prayer of the day, the evening meal begins after their Afternoon prayer ends, around 7:30 pm. After the whole month where they fast every day comes the Eid al-Fitr that begins with community prayers at dawn. During these three days of celebration, the participants gather to pray, eat, exchange gifts and pay their respects to deceased relatives, something like Christian Christmas.