Ever since arwah my mom passed away on year 2010, every year during Aidilfitri, usually on the first day of hari raya, my family includes my abah would gather at her pusara to recite the surah Yaasin and pray to the Almighty to pardon her sins. Actually, this practice of gathering at the cemetery at Aidilfitri is not a religious command but rather a cultural one.
On normal occasion we would visit the pusara on the Hari Raya day itself. This year we planned to do it the day before - cleaning up, read the quranic verses and perhaps just chatting with the departed one. I thought by doing it the day before, I would have more time to be there without worrying if anyone is one the way to visit arwah's pusara.
My beautiful Hannah helping me with the cookies by putting in in the jar . Well...food used to have a huge integral part of Hari Raya celebration to us during arwah my mom is around. Likewise, we used having a lavish spread of food on our dining tables during Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Specialties include beef rendang, ketupat and nasi impit would be complemented by snacks like cookies, cakes and pineapple tarts...but then after she passed on the dishes became more simpler and faster ...yeah I bought the lemangs, the ketupats, the kuah kacang which was freshly cooked at lemang Bunda somewhere around Kampung Melayu Subang . Trust me the dishes turned out good, although I'd wish for the beef rendang to be more spicy....anyway its worth being there at a very early hours,hehehe ...Maybe Insyaallah,I will try to make rendang in the future. Who knows its gonna be a hot favourite...
That morning starts with the prayers at the mosque as my hubby, Aqil and abah went for solat aidilfitri in Taman Tun Dr Ismail together to bid farewell to Ramadan and welcome Syawal, the month of celebration. After all the men came back from Solat Aidilfitri at the mosque, we took a few family photos we will gather to ask forgiveness, from the youngest (Aqil) to the eldest in the family (Atok) of course.
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