In spirit of Eid, ‘Silaturahmi’ here means we visit Pakde Pras’ (my mother older brother) house in Kota Wisata. Going there with Elok’s parents, we wish each other a very happy Eid Mubarak and forgive for all of the wrongdoings in the past.
Category: Family
Garden Style Idul Fitri 1432H
This year Lebaran we adopted different style and place to take our family pictures. We had in my in-laws’ backyard! With the ladies beautifully dressed in colorful Abayas, and the kids are happily playing in the garden, this is one of the most unique Idul Fitri celebration spots we ever had.
Visiting Each Other Houses
Having two different version of Eid day give us unexpected blessing. As most of our relatives in Jakarta are celebrating Eid tomorrow, while our family opted to do it today, Elok’s parents house are not scheduled for ‘open house’, as normally it would be. Instead, we spend today visiting each other houses. Here, we started…
Shalat Ied in Al Huda
This year, we have two groups of moslem celebrating Eid at different day. One who holds on “hisab” method will celebrate the Big Day today (Tuesday), while the other groups who adopt “rukyat” metod (endorsed by government) will celebrate on Wednesday. I choose and believe the first one (and Alhamdulillah most of my family), so…
Playing Fireworks
As what have been tradition in many Indonesian families, we also spend our night before Eid, playing fireworks on the back of Elok’s parents house.