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Istiqlal to hold Ramadhan fair
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The management of the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Central Jakarta is set to hold the Istiqlal Ramadhan Fair 2017 to welcome the fasting month. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
T
o brighten up the upcoming fasting season, the management of the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Central Jakarta is set to hold the Istiqlal Ramadhan Fair 2017, which will take place from May 19 to June 17. The event will offer various activities ranging from bazaars, talk shows and religious music performances, to writing competitions and culinary festivals.
“The bazaar is open for the public and this will be the first fair held by the mosque,” said Istiqlal Mosque head of protocol, Abu Hurairah, as quoted by tribunnews.com in Jakarta on Friday.
Abu said that throughout the fasting month, the mosque would provide takjil, or breaking-of-the-fast light meals, for 3,000 people on Monday to Thursday and 5,000 people on Friday to Sunday.
The mosque management has prepared the mosque for the event by cleaning the floors, walls, trellises, sanitation facilities and places for wudhu (ablutions), he went on.
Istiqlal Mosque will hold tarawih or evening Ramadhan prayers, consisting of 23 and 11 rakat (a single unit of Ramadhan prayers). National and international qori (Quran melodious recitation experts) will recite Quranic verses before tarawih prayers. (cal/ebf)
