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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The holy month of Ramadan and the month of discipline and fasting usually ends with three days of extended feasting. In New Zealand, Eid-ul-Fitr was observed on Wednesday, July 6 when Muslims celebrated the essence of the festival.
Auckland Eid Day organised a family day at ASB Showgrounds to celebrate the joyous spirit of Eid. It offered a variety of educational displays, cultural exhibits and food stalls across the venue, welcoming all visitors to learn, embrace and taste the many flavours of diversity seen amongst the Muslim community.
Food stalls and trucks sold delicacies such as samosa, Arabian tea, Malaysian fast foods, Turkish cakes and sweets, hot dogs and lamb sausages, with the Southeast and Middle-East cuisine being the most popular among the attendees. The day also saw entertaining performances, an active emcee, and a joyful nasheed. The highlight of the show was the traditional Arabian folk dance by young boys and the rendition of nasheed.
Women at the carnival queued at clothing stalls, jewellery corners, and to apply Henna while children enjoyed at the merry-go-round and giant bouncing castles. The Eid prayer commenced a little past 9 a.m. with men lining up at one end and the women in a separate hall. After the prayer, the Imam delivered the Qutbah (sermon) followed by Dua.
Eid is a time when people visit their friends and family to greet and exchange gifts. It is also an occasion when Muslims are dressed in their best traditional clothing. Labour MP for Mt Roskill Phil Goff along with his to-be successor Michael Wood attended the carnival later in the morning to wish the crowd a happy Eid. They congratulated the organisers for hosting a successful and a colourful event. In India, Eid was celebrated on Thursday, July 7, with exceptions in Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir, as the moon was sighted a day earlier.
Many people fast for additional six days post Eid in the month of Shawwal (10th month of the Islamic calendar). It is narrated in the Hadith that people who fast for six days after Eid are rewarded as if they have fasted for the whole year.
The holy month of Ramadan and the month of discipline and fasting usually ends with three days of extended feasting. In New Zealand, Eid-ul-Fitr was observed on Wednesday, July 6 when Muslims celebrated the essence of the festival.
Auckland Eid Day organised a family day at ASB Showgrounds to...
The holy month of Ramadan and the month of discipline and fasting usually ends with three days of extended feasting. In New Zealand, Eid-ul-Fitr was observed on Wednesday, July 6 when Muslims celebrated the essence of the festival.
Auckland Eid Day organised a family day at ASB Showgrounds to celebrate the joyous spirit of Eid. It offered a variety of educational displays, cultural exhibits and food stalls across the venue, welcoming all visitors to learn, embrace and taste the many flavours of diversity seen amongst the Muslim community.
Food stalls and trucks sold delicacies such as samosa, Arabian tea, Malaysian fast foods, Turkish cakes and sweets, hot dogs and lamb sausages, with the Southeast and Middle-East cuisine being the most popular among the attendees. The day also saw entertaining performances, an active emcee, and a joyful nasheed. The highlight of the show was the traditional Arabian folk dance by young boys and the rendition of nasheed.
Women at the carnival queued at clothing stalls, jewellery corners, and to apply Henna while children enjoyed at the merry-go-round and giant bouncing castles. The Eid prayer commenced a little past 9 a.m. with men lining up at one end and the women in a separate hall. After the prayer, the Imam delivered the Qutbah (sermon) followed by Dua.
Eid is a time when people visit their friends and family to greet and exchange gifts. It is also an occasion when Muslims are dressed in their best traditional clothing. Labour MP for Mt Roskill Phil Goff along with his to-be successor Michael Wood attended the carnival later in the morning to wish the crowd a happy Eid. They congratulated the organisers for hosting a successful and a colourful event. In India, Eid was celebrated on Thursday, July 7, with exceptions in Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir, as the moon was sighted a day earlier.
Many people fast for additional six days post Eid in the month of Shawwal (10th month of the Islamic calendar). It is narrated in the Hadith that people who fast for six days after Eid are rewarded as if they have fasted for the whole year.
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