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Aceh hosts religious activities during Ramadhan

Aceh province offers plenty of religious activities during the holy month of Ramadhan including the Meugang tradition held two days before Ramadhan and two days before Idul Fitri.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sun, May 28, 2017

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Aceh hosts religious activities during Ramadhan Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Aceh. (Shutterstock/File)

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ceh province offers plenty of religious activities during the holy month of Ramadhan including the Meugang tradition held two days before Ramadhan and two days before Idul Fitri. For the occasion, Achenese slaughter cows, then cook and consume the meat together with their families.

The Ramadhan festival in Aceh also features numerous competitions such as an adzan (a call to prayer) competition, Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran (Quran reading competition) and hafiz Al Quran competition.

Visitors looking to buy breaking-the-fast meals can go to Ramadhan village located on the riverbanks where an array of culinary goods are sold.

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dzikir akbar (mass chants in praise of God) event will be held at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque as well as a Qiyamul Lail (night prayer) event that invites various participants, including ustadz (Islamic teacher) from Saudi Arabia.

“In the afternoon people can go to museums or tourist spots. The culinary adventure starts in the evening at 4:00 p.m. There’s also an iftar (breaking-the-fast meal) gathering, tarawih and tadarrus, dzikir, Khanduri Khatam Al-Qur’an and Nuzulul Qur’an night,” said the head of the Aceh tourism department, Reza Pahlevi. (asw)



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