El mes del ayuno para el mundo musulmán está por terminar. El próximo martes es el último día y el miércoles se celebrará la fiesta Eid al-Fitr.
Se conmemora la primera revelación de Mahoma y se dedican las horas diurnas al ayuno estricto, que se rompe después del anochecer y de los rezos de rigor.
Para el final del mes sagrado, se prepara una fiesta familiar y comunitaria. Tal como ocurre con los estadounidenses en Acción de Gracias, el mundo islamista este fin de semana viaja a sus lugares de origen para celebrar.
En la fiesta Eid al-Fitr se estrena ropa y calzado. Los hombres buscan el zapato tradicional, hecho a mano, como se muestra en las imágenes.
Y desde el desayuno, la comida abunda; el premio para todos son los postres y los dulces de intrincada confección.
Sana’a (Yemen), 25/03/2024.- A Muslim man reads verses from the Koran at a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sana’a, Yemen, 25 March 2024. The Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EFE/EPA/YAHYA ARHABKarachi (Pakistan), 31/03/2024.- Pakistani Muslims arrive to observe Itikaf at a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, 31 March 2024. Itikaf is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque that is common among Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan.The Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EFE/EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBERTanta (Egypt), 02/04/2024.- An Egyptian bakery uses an oven to prepare ‘kahk’, Egyptian butter cookies, in Tanta, some 100km north of Cairo, Egypt, 02 April 2024. Egyptian Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the religious festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries (Egipto) EFE/EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
