Iftar Party at Home

So here comes the day, we all wait for, at home – the iftar party. We usually hold it on the 3^rd Saturday of ramzan, where everyone from the family comes over for the iftar and we enjoy a lot. Delicious delicacies are made and a variety of fruits are bought over. Everyone gets together at dastarkhwan to break their fasts and then begins a huge party-like hungama.

After the maghrib prayers, everyone sits together for a small get-together and laugh out loud over jokes cracked by some of our most amusing family members. Sweets are served over and we enjoy them over a laugh. The men of the house go to masjid for the night prayers and only come after 10.30 pm at night. By the time, all the ladies of the house get to the kitchen to make together dinner for everyone. After everyone gathers again, all the elders of the family distribute Eidi to the young ones. We are all excited to receive our Eidis from the elders and boast over who gets the maximum from everyone.

Eid preparations are discussed over and all the girls start discussing what they have bought this time as their Eid wear. Everyone is busy showing off their designing skills to everyone. By the time, the ladies call out for dinner and everyone present, enjoys a sumptuous dinner which ends with a cool sharbat made of jiggery and lemon.

After dinner, begins everybody’s departure. Everyone begins collecting their items, children and things they had got along while coming here for the iftar, and then a huge farewell takes place. Everyone is invited, again for the usual Eid party on the 2^nd day of Eid-ul-Fitra.

Eid is patiently and eagerly awaited by one and all.