Every year, my family and I always celebrated Hari Raya Aidilfitri in the village which is

situated in Perak. We always arrive a day early before the arrival of the first day of Hari Raya
Aidilfitri. I will be thrilled every time I wait for the arrival of that day because of this occasion our
family will gather with other family members to celebrate this festival together.
On the first day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, I woke up early awakened by my mother. After I
finished a bath and performed the dawn prayers, I was getting ready to wear my new baju
kurung that I recently bought. After a while, my parents went to the mosque for Hari Raya
prayers.
At the same time, I watch over the house and the kids with other members of the family.
After fasting for 30 days in Ramadhan, it is time for me to enjoy all kind of food. My parents and
the maid cook all kind of food the day before Hari Raya Aidilfitri. There are ketupat, rendang,
cakes, biscuits and many more that I like to eat. I was eating while waiting for their return.
At about noon, my family members from all over the places are gathered at my
grandparents house celebrating Hari Raya together. I am very happy at that time to meet all of
my cousins, play and chat with them. We ate together, talk together and laugh together. Its was
so much fun. For time to time, there are some children coming hari raya at our house. As the lady
in this house, I treat them to eat.
Hari Raya Aidilfitri is an interesting event because all of the mistake and hatred are been
forgives and forget. Each of my family members would apologize to each other either older or
younger includes my family. One thing that I like the most is my grandmother, my parents and
relative would give me the Hari Raya money.
When night comes, we are letting off firecrackers and fireworks. The atmosphere filled
with the sound of exploding fireworks. We all slept late that night, chatting with each other. In
conclusion, I like to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri with my family and the other family members.
The first day of this festival for every year is a sweet memory for me.

Hari Raya Puasa will be celebrated by the Muslims after one month of fasting. Me and family
as a Muslim, Hari Raya Puasa is a special day to celebrate after they have gone through fasting for a
month from foods and drinks from Subuh until Maghrib. This festival will be celebrated for a month
either. In Malaysia, we can see the Muslims early prepared for the becoming special day. They will be
decorating their house, buying new clothes, and making many types of food and cookies for the
special day. We can see that the shopping complex, groceries, and other shop will be crowded by the
Muslims as they were preparing to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa. For me, Hari Raya Puasa is a common
thing now because the enjoyment of this raya only feels when I was a little boy. I take Hari Raya
Puasa as a small festive because for now, the important thing for me is to discover a lot of new thing
including my study but it doesnt mean that I'm forgetting or not celebrating this festival . We can only
celebrate it as a normal festival.
The night before the special day arrived my family and I , as usual a lot of activities happen
same as the other festival. I can see my parent and my grandmother will busy making delicious food,
while the my little brother were enjoying themselve playing fire crackers with other family members.
The house which is located far from the town especially,which is a village, will be decorated with
what we called `pelita around the house. It has been found that such activities is a legacy. Pelita is
made up from bamboo stick actually, but nowadays people had invented a new kind of pelita which is
made from plastic that is safe to used.
Furthermore, I can see a lot of delicious, variety and mouth watering food when the festival
arrived. For example, the main menu for Muslims is ketupat, lemang, and other food that will make
someone have a big intention to eat. There are also delicious hand-made biscuits or cakes. We will be
able to discovered all kinds of food when we go to other people or our family members house. During
Raya, someone will be able to gain weight drastically due to the intake of lots of variety food. Trust
me. Moreover, there must be an event that we called an open house that will be held by the Muslims.
The event helps to strengthen the relationship between family members after not seeing each other for
a long period of time and between Malaysians in order to achieve the 1 Malaysia that has been
planned by our Prime Minister. I also can see people with different kind of races will be visiting their
Muslims neighbours house to celebrate together the special day. I hope that Malaysian people can
maintain that style.
Lastly, as I can see Muslims celebrate their festival that is Hari Raya with a lot of joy and
colorful day, same goes with other festival. Every festival have their own speciality. I hope that from
the coming years, Hari Raya Puasa will be celebrated more happening as Ive done my job as a
student. Aminn.