Why didn’t our ancestors thought of getting a tree-trend for us? (they cud’ve used the wood later as fire-wood)
So if we had a tree for the Two eid’s. What would you put on it for decoration?
I’m imagining, we’d have small minatures Khana kaba golden, silver, metallic shades of burgandy, teal, grey, red etc square tiny boxes to sub for the round ball numa ornament!
Qs. Would the crescent be the top most of the tree, instead of the place where christians usually put up a star or an angel. So I guess for bakar eid, we’d place a fat dumba on top of the tree rather than an angel?
We are in no need of their ways. Just because something is the norm in their society does not mean it has to be in every one elses.
We should celebrate 'Eid our own way, 'Eid ul-Fitr has it’s own traditions and coming 'Eid ul-Adha its own, one tradition I really enjoyed as a child was going to wednesday animal market at a local farm to buy the 'Eid ram, I’d get to choose, we’d bring it home and tie it in the shed and over the month preceding 'Eid, me and the other local kids would feed it silly to get it nice and fat in time for the sacrifice, we would decorate it with ribbon and dye it with henna and then on the day of the Feast we’d take it to a local Muslim slaughterhouse (the Arab owners were my grandads friends) and we’d have it slaughtered and then we’d all feast, after cooking it of course.
Maybe one day when our community is well established in this country, the ram tradition will be carried out by every Muslim household. Maybe we can even have fun fairs like they use to in Holy Medina in our Prophets :saw: day on 'Eid, we could even have gender-segregated grounds so women don’t have to worry about wearing Hijaab or young boys flirting with some aunties.
For now though we can carry on having the sacrifice done back home or by a Muslim charity in some poor country. We should hold strictly to attending Eid Prayers-Sermon, Eid dinner with family and friends, reading the story of Abraham and Ishmael to the youngens, greeting each other face to face and by sending Eid cards, decorating our houses with things such as lights, tinsel, greeting banners, balloons and other things which are not particular to any other religion… and making a point not to attend school or work, we have to create that festive enviroment so that our youngens don’t feel they’re missing out by not celebrating Christmas.
Why didn’t our ancestors thought of getting a tree-trend for us? (they cud’ve used the wood later as fire-wood)
