"Eid Mubarak" to everyone!!

Some of you already know about it. Some knew but forgot about it. And I am pretty sure there are some who were looking at the first two words of this mail with eye brows raised.

To put the eye brows back to normal, 'Eid Mubarak' is what you say to greet on the biggest festival in Bangladesh (and of the Muslims). The day is called "Eid" and 'Eid mubarak' means something like "Greetings on Eid".

In Finland Eid was yesterday (Tuesday) and in Bangladesh it will be tomorrow (Thursday). Yes, it is different in different places around the world, because it follows a Lunar calendar and depends on the moon sight at that place.

What happens in this day? Parties, looots of food, new cloths, gifts, 3 official holidays (, unofficially more) etc... sounds familiar? Hmm, I guess I could have answered that question easily by asking back, what do you do in Xmas? (Or may be not... we dont have Santa!)

If you have to say Hello to someone in Dhaka when they are back from their holidays, you can start the conversation by saying "Eid Mubarak" !

Eid mubarak again to everyone with HUG emoticon. (yes, people hug in a special way when they greet this).


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Best Regards/Parhain Terveisin,

Abdullah Al Mazed (Gagan)

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