Lebaraannn!

Allahuakbar Allahuakbar Allahuakbar, Laa ila hailallahu wallahu akbar, Allahuakbar Walillailhamd.

Lebaran is an indonesian term for Eid, well malaysian also use. This year, as usual I had chance to celebrate lebaran in my grandma's hometown. My parents are from Malang, East Java. But before married, my dad already worked and stayed in Bali, of course after married he asked my mom to move and stay until now in 'heaven paradise' as people say. Actually i experienced once to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in Bali, but that was really not nice. Eventho quite many muslims still stay and celebrate there, but still the big family atmosphere was not there. For Eid Al-Hajj we always celebrate in Bali, because in Indonesia Eid Al-Fitr more happening than Eid Al-Hajj.

So ya, the official lebaran's day for my country was today. So many controversions to pick the date for Eid, as usual. I don't really understand for this kind of thing, but what I heard and read because can't see the hilal or the moon, so they have to make the fasting month become exactly 30 days as what our Prophet pbuh told so. Wallahualam. Who are right, who are wrong. Because, in some regions of Jakarta, can see the moon. Maybe they take the majority.

It was so funny, so we all the family sat down in front of TV to wait the official Eid day from government, my mom wished Eid on tuesday, because all the food was ready for it. I helped her to prepare everything, from the cakes, kabuli, ketupat and etc. She was upset. We put all the food in fridge, but because there was large amount of food, so my mom asked her sister to put our food in her fridge too. lol

Out of the controversions and everythings. Night before Eid, we called it as 'Malam Takbiran' or Night of Takbir. Cluster of people was driving around their car or motorcycle or even use the public transport to takbir-an, use our traditional musical instruments such as gendang, angklung and etc. And takbir as loud as possible! The kids, they bought the fireworks and burn them in the yard or in front of the house. Was so fun, alhamdulillah. 

And today also was so fun. But ya, not all our family member was there, some of the girls are married so they celebrate in their husbands' family. If all the family was there, that could be reach until 100 members of my family! and that's only from my mother's side. Before, my family also celebrate in my dad's family first, but my dad's parents passed away that is why since 10 years ago  our first day of Eid celebrate in my mom's family side. As usual also, the old people will give certain amount of money to the young one, non-married one. As chinese said Angpao or as malaysian said, Duit Raya. I got also, yey! But not much like years ago, until now i only got Rp 150,000. HAHA.  Alhamdulillah.. (kayak anak kecil yak :p)

Tomorrow and the next days, as what most muslim do during Eid is, visiting others muslims' houses! Family, relatives and neighbours. The journey of silaturahim will begin tomorrow, I will visit my aunty and uncles from my dad's side.