Eid al-Fitr
Indonesians board buses for annual mudik to their hometowns

Indonesians Flock To Their Hometowns For Eid

Millions of Indonesians were travelling to their hometowns on Thursday in an annual exodus from Jakarta and other major cities before the Eid holidays, a tradition that has been stalled for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.With less than a week left before Eid, toll roads, train stations, bus terminals and seaports are brimming with people excited about the yearly homecoming journey – locally known as "mudik".Indonesia's transportation ministry has predicted that 85 milli

29 April 2022
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Grim Eid In Shadow Of Israel-Palestinian Crisis

Muslims around the world marked a sombre Eid al-Fitr on Thursday amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.The three-day festival, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, is traditionally celebrated with mosque prayers, family feasts and shopping for new clothes, gifts and sweets.But casting a pall on the festival, already subdued due to the raging pandemic, was deadly violence between Israel

14 May 2021
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Malaysian villagers greet Eid with a bang  

Dozens of steel cannons are fired by the villagers of a sleepy Malaysian hamlet for several hours into the night, carrying on a decades-old tradition celebrating the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid.The festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, with devotees in Malaysia celebrating with solemn prayer, music and feasting.For decades, the Malay-Muslim villagers of Kampung Talang, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Ipoh in the northern state of Perak, have gree

6 June 2019
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