Owais Mughal and Adil Najam
From all of us at All Things Pakistan (ATP; Pakistaniat.Com) we wish our regular readers, our contributors, and all passers-by Eid Mubarak. We wish you happiness, prosperity and all things good; now and forever.
Today, we want all of you to help us write this post for us.
Tell us, please, what Eid in Pakistan means to you by filling in the sentence that starts with “Eid is…â€
Here are a few picture – all from Pakistan in the last 3 days – that might help spur some ideas about what Eid is in Pakistan.
We are particularly interested in how you would complete this sentence in terms of the truly ‘Pakistani’ social norms that have evolved around the event.
You can complete the sentence as many times as you want; in ways that are humorous, thoughtful, philosophical, even cynical; but, please, not spiteful.
Here are a few ways in which we (the two of us and Bilal Zuberi) thought we might build the sentence when we first did a version to this post 3 years ago:
- Eid is… when the postman comes to your door and then refuses to give you the mail until ‘Eidee’ is given to him.
- Eid is… Not being able to eat much on Eid day because your body finally got adjusted to the roza routine!
- Eid is… going to Eid prayers in old chappals for fear of losing my new ones.
- Eid is… traffic jams on Chaand Raat and people pour out for last minute shopping… And sight-seeing!
- Eid is… taking my mother and sister to the darzi on a daily basis after the 20th roza.
- Eid is… when people hug each other and forget their differences; at least for a little while.
Eid is …. when I see the reflections in the eyes of a child just
having received gifts , and the joy penetrates into
every muscle of the facial expression and the
articulation is like a vulcano nearly erupting with
overwhelming amounts of kiss`es and hugs to all
and everybody as a consequence of this.
Eid is ….. when a hug is given to a person never seen before
but with the intensity and intentions
like never aparted friends.
Eid is ……when the children I know that have well -off parents
are having the same clothes and same dishes for Eid
as have those whose parents are living under
circumstances that seldom allow much more than
a meal a day (if that can do)………………..
-and I am still awaiting for this one Eid.
Eid Mubarique to all, May You all be blessed and all Your beloved and families in plentifold.
Take care of each other , let us have some more smiles.
Eid is…. when you wear new clothes and go to mosque for prayers
Eid is… when you hug people praying around and greet everyone in the community
Eid is…. when you eat Saviyaan/Sheer-Khurma prepared by loving mothers
Eid is…. when girls are wearing bangles with having artistic hina designs on their hands
Eid is…. when you have feast at your home and children are having lot of fun
Eid is… when you visit your friends and families to exchange greetings.
Eid today is what I am missing all above as I havent been celeberating it with my family and friends for the last six years.
EID MUBARIK…..Pakistaniat.
For me, Eid is, and has always been, a celebration of family.
Eids hug to all!
I saw a man giving a hug while talking over the cellphone. I thought that was very rude
Not a nitpicking but an humble advice.
Hug them like you mean it!
Eid is …..sweetest day of the year
Eid is …..best when you are young
Eid is …..all about family
Eid is ….. giving to less well off…..
Eid is ….. boring in the US (without family)
Eid is ….. collecting eidi from elders and buying fanta and samosa’s from it