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For a month every year, Muslims observe the Ramadan
or the fast. During this
___1___, they do not eat or drink anything
___2___ the
hours of
sunrise and sunset. Instead, they ___3___ more time
praying. Muslims pray
five ___4___ a day. They are not
___5___ to wear shoes when
they pray. If you walk ___6___ a mosque around prayer
times, you
___7___ see mountains of shoes outside it. Women
___8___ forbidden to pray in the mosques. During the
___9___ of
Ramadan, Muslims
are also reminded to ___10___ tithes to the collectors
at the mosques. The
money goes to the ___11___ of needy Muslims. Ramadan ends
___12___ the celebration of Hari Raya Puasa.
Muslims
put ___13___ new clothes to pray at the mosques and
visit ___14___
another. Special delicacies are prepared for the
___15___ and non-Muslim
friends are invited to ___16___ in this joyous event.
The Malay community
in Singapore organizes ___17___ such as beauty contests,
variety shows
___18___ ronggeng (a kind of traditional Malay dance)
competitions.
All ___19___ help make Hari Raya Puasa one of the most
important
___20___ of the Malay calendar. |
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period/time
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For a month every year, Muslims observe the Ramadan
or the fast. During this
period/time, they do not eat or drink anything
between the
hours of
sunrise and sunset. Instead, they
spend more time
praying. Muslims pray
five times a day. They are not
allowed/permitted to wear shoes when
they pray. If you walk past a mosque around prayer
times, you
will see mountains of shoes outside it. Women
are
forbidden to pray in the mosques. During the
month of
Ramadan, Muslims
are also reminded to pay tithes to the collectors
at the mosques. The
money goes to the aid of needy Muslims. Ramadan ends
with the celebration of Hari Raya Puasa.
Muslims
put on new clothes to pray at the mosques and
visit one
another. Special delicacies are prepared for the
occasion/celebration and non-Muslim
friends are invited to
join/participate in this joyous event.
The Malay community
in Singapore organizes
events such as beauty contests,
variety shows
and ronggeng (a kind of traditional Malay dance)
competitions.
All these help make Hari Raya Puasa one of the most
important
festivals of the Malay calendar. |
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