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I chose Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Eid-ul-Fitr as my festival of choice because it is the festival that I waited for each year. Celebrating Eid, marks the end of Ramadhan - a month where Muslim needs to fast throughout the days to experience firsthand of hunger and poverty.

Eid-ul-Fitr is also the day when we, Muslim could wear new clothes (but still traditional e.g; baju kurung and baju melayu) and gets 'duit raya'; an equivalent of the Chinese's angpow.

baju kurung

During Eid, Malay Muslim usually opted for traditional food such as ketupat, lemang, wajik and rendang to celebrate.

ketupat