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He maha ngā āhuatanga o te whakanui i te Ramadan i ngā whenua Muhirama e whakakotahi ana i te wairuatanga hohonu me ngā tikanga ahurea whai rawa. I tēnei marama tapu, ka nohopuku, ka inoi, ka mahi tahi ngā Muhirama huri noa i te ao, ka hurihia ngā mahi o ia rā hei mahi aroha me te whakaaroaro.

I tōna pūtake, ko te Rāmāna he wā nohopuku mai i te ata ki te tōnga o te rā. Ko tēnei nohopuku, tētahi o ngā Pou e Rima o te Ihirama, e whakanuia ana ehara i te mea he kore kai me te inu anake, engari he huarahi hoki ki te whakatipu i te whakahaere i a ia anō, te aroha, me te whakawhetai. I roto i te maha o ngā whenua Muhirama, ka wehea te nohopuku i ia ahiahi me te kai tahi e mōhiotia ana ko te iftar. Ka huihui ngā whānau, ngā hoa, me ngā hoa noho tata ki te tohatoha i ngā momo rihi e rerekē ana i ia rohe—mai i ngā biryani kakara o Āhia ki te Tonga ki ngā hupa reka o Āwherika ki te Raki. He whakanui tēnei kai tahi i te nui o te kai, he whakamahara hoki i ngā uauatanga e pā ana ki te hunga rawakore.

Haunga te nohopuku, he wāhi nui ngā karakia o te pō (tarawih) i te wā o te Ramadan. Kī tonu ngā whare karakia i ngā tāngata karakia e huihui mai ana ki te whakahua i te Quran, ki te rapu i te purenga wairua, me te whakapakari i ngā hononga hapori. I ngā whenua pēnei i a Īhipa, ka ora ake ngā tiriti i te kanapa o ngā rama tuku iho, e mōhiotia ana ko te fanous, e whakamārama ana i te pō, engari he tohu hoki mō te tumanako me te kotahitanga. Waihoki, i Turkey me ētahi atu wāhi o te Middle East, ka tohuhia ngā hāora o mua i te ata e ngā patu pūoro o ngā pahu, i te wā e kopikopiko ana ngā taitama me ngā tama tāne, e mau ana i ngā kākahu tuku iho, i ngā takiwa ki te whakaara i te hunga whakapono mō te kai wawe o te suhoor.

He wā atawhai hoki a Ramadan. Ka nui haere te hiranga o te Zakat, arā, te hoatu i ngā koha, i te mea ka akiakihia ngā Mahometa ki te koha nui ki te hunga e matea ana. He maha ngā hapori e whakarite ana i ngā tēneti iftar kore utu me ngā kīhini ā-iwi, e whakarato ana i ngā kai ki te hunga rawakore, hei whakakaha i te wairua atawhai kei waenganui o te marama.

Heoi anō, ka tāpirihia e ngā tikanga me ngā tikanga tuku iho o te rohe he kakara ahurei ki ngā whakanuinga. Hei tauira, i Initonīhia, ko ngā kawa ā-iwi pērā i a Padusan—he kaukau horoi i mua i te Ramadan—he tohu mō te purenga tinana me te wairua e tohuhia ana e te marama. I ngā whenua o te Moana-a-Kiwa, ka whai wāhi nui ngā tamariki ki ngā huihuinga ā-rohe pērā i a Gargee'an, te kohikohi i ngā mea reka me te kata tahi.

Hei whakarāpopototanga, ko te whakanui i te Ramadan i ngā whenua Muhirama he whāriki oraora o te nohopuku, te inoi, ngā huihuinga pāpori, me ngā mahi atawhai. He wā tēnei e kore e whakahōhonu noa i te whakapau kaha ki te whakapono engari e whakakaha ana hoki i ngā hononga hapori me te tuakiri ahurea, e waiho ana hei tētahi o ngā wā tino nui o te tau mō ngā Muhirama o te ao katoa.