The customs and traditions of the Arab and Islamic peoples differ when receiving the blessed month of Ramadan, as each people has its own customs and traditions related to its inherited culture in receiving the holy month and reviving its nights.. Some of these customs are normal and familiar in more than one country, but some of them may seem a bit strange.
Sudan is the only country that receives the blessed month of Ramadan with a military wedding consisting of army and police bands led by Sufi orders, then youth and citizens, as they circumambulate the streets of major cities, announcing the start of the month of fasting. Women are also trained to recite the Qur’an every day. Morning, as well as the renewal of kitchen utensils to celebrate the advent of the holy month. And there is usually "Road blocking of travellers"And this custom, which is practiced in various parts of Sudan, has become a purely Sudanese heritage, as fasting people get up to cut off the road in front of pedestrians and car owners, especially travelers and passers-by in distant parts through highways before the Maghrib call to prayer, to honor them and force them to eat breakfast with them. In Morocco, as soon as the crescent moon of Ramadan is confirmed, people’s tongues begin to congratulate each other in a sentence "Awshaer Mabrouka"That is, blessed days with the entry of the month of fasting with its three tenths: one-tenth of mercy, one-tenth of forgiveness, and one-tenth of freedom from Hell. And there is / Al-Nafar / which is an alternative to / Al-Masharati /, and this term denotes the famous long brass wind instrument, which is used to alert people and wake up the sleepers to eat the pre-dawn meal. In Mauritania, men and children shave their heads a few days before the holy month, so that the growth of new hair coincides with the end of the month, and this custom is called "Ramadan fluff"And the imams of the mosques there are keen to complete the Holy Qur’an in the holy month in Tarawih prayers.. In addition, the Mauritanian people, in some regions, have special rituals on the night of the twenty-seventh of the month of Ramadan, represented in not leaving the house after sunset on the twenty-sixth of Ramadan. Ramadan, lighting incense in homes. The people of the Comoros are distinguished by one of the most beautiful customs of the month of Ramadan, as the population goes out on the first night of the blessed month of Ramadan carrying torches, and they go to the coasts, so that the light of the torches reflects on the water, then they start beating drums announcing the advent of the month of fasting, and the vigil extends until the time of the pre-dawn meal. . One of the most famous rituals of receiving Ramadan in Lebanon is what is known as “Sibana Ramadan”, which is an old habit that continues to this day. blessed. As soon as the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan in Turkey is confirmed, ululations erupt in every house to express the joy of the glad tidings that came to them about the start of fasting the next day, and the smells of musk, amber and rose water that spread on the thresholds of the doors and the gardens surrounding the houses throughout the holy days of Ramadan emanate from the houses. Indonesia receives the month of Ramadan by granting leave to students in the first week of the month to get used to fasting. "budouq". Before the start of Ramadan, Muslims in Indonesia take a bath, purify themselves, immerse themselves in springs, wash their bodies in preparation for the start of the Ramadan fast, and visit the graves of relatives to decorate them with flowers and pray for the deceased.
In Pakistan, the “Egg War” competition is considered one of the strangest habits of people in the month of Ramadan. It is a game that begins in the evening and ends at the time of Suhoor, and its laws depend on one of the young contestants holding a boiled egg, and hitting the other egg in the hands of his opponent with the aim of breaking it, until Qualifies for the next stage, as Pakistan is characterized by a strange habit, namely "wedding for the first time"It is the name of the ceremony for children who are fasting for the first time, during which the child wears clothes resembling the groom’s clothes, in addition to a golden veil that adorns the head, and the child’s parents wear white clothes, in order to encourage the children to continue fasting. In Malaysia, local administrations, after reconnaissance of the crescent of Ramadan, are working to spread electric decorations in the main squares to celebrate the reception of the holy month, and women are keen to circumambulate homes to read the Qur’an between breakfast and suhoor. In Nigeria, individual breakfast is prohibited, and foods that were prepared are gathered in the homes of neighboring families, and the tables are divided in front of the nearest house into two parts, one for men and the other for women, but the strangest thing is that each family is keen to host one of the poor daily at the breakfast table, as a form of social solidarity during the month Ramadan. In Uganda, the times of Iftar and Suhoor do not change, as is common in all countries of the world, due to its geographical location, as it is located on the equator. Ugandan Muslims fast 12 hours a day since the introduction of Islam. One of the strangest customs of Ugandans in Ramadan, particularly among the tribes "the lango"Husbands beat their wives on the head before breaking the fast, and then the women willingly prepare the breakfast. In the Republic of Chechnya, Muslims visit their relatives in cemeteries on the morning of the first day of the month of Ramadan, and they also name a girl who is born in this holy month. "fun" And the male boy in the name of "Ramadan". In Thailand, rich families celebrate the blessed month of Ramadan with sacrifices, while poor families offer birds and slaughter them, and the strange custom is that the food that wives cook is forbidden to their husbands, but is sent to someone else to eat, and the matter constitutes an incentive for men to eat breakfast through collective Ramadan tables outside their homes, and meet All the women to eat breakfast in the courtyard of the houses collectively. Chinese Muslims are keen not to eat breakfast until after the prayer, and they break their fast with a date with a cup of tea sweetened with a lot of sugar, and some are keen, in a somewhat strange habit, to eat red watermelon before going to the mosque to pray. In the Maldives, Muslims are keen to go out to the beaches on the last day of the month of Sha’ban to see the crescent with the naked eye, and they also break their fast on most days of Ramadan with fresh fish. It is considered wear "skullcap" Throughout the holy month, it is a custom among the Muslims of India, and they distribute sweets and refreshments to the worshipers after completing the Tarawih prayers.
