The celebration of the end of the muslim month of Ramadan in Malaysia is quite unique in the sense that most people open their homes to not only relatives and friends. All visitors are welcome to share whatever food and drinks that are laid out and children are normally given small envelopes containing money.
This "open house" tradition is also adopted by Malaysians of other racial origins so much so that all religious festivals, be it Christmas, Chinese New Year, Deepavali as well as all other minority groups tend to take the same form of festivities. Even the types of cakes, savouries and drinks served do not seem to vary very much from one community to another.
Visitors to Malaysia should go to one of these functions to see how well the Malaysian community has bonded together.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
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