Eid Mubarak!

Kukondwerera Ramadan m'maiko achisilamu ndi chochitika chosiyanasiyana chomwe chimaphatikiza uzimu wozama ndi miyambo yolemera. M'mwezi wopatulika uwu, Asilamu padziko lonse lapansi amachita kusala kudya, kupemphera, ndi kutumikira anthu ammudzi, kusintha machitidwe a tsiku ndi tsiku kukhala zochita zodzipereka ndi kusinkhasinkha.

Pakati pa zonse, Ramadan ndi nthawi yosala kudya kuyambira mbandakucha mpaka kulowa kwa dzuwa. Kusala kudya kumeneku, komwe ndi chimodzi mwa Zipilala Zisanu za Chisilamu, sikungokhala ngati kusala kudya ndi kumwa kokha komanso ngati njira yolimbikitsira kudziletsa, chifundo, ndi kuyamikira. M'mayiko ambiri achisilamu, kusala kudya kumaphwanyidwa madzulo aliwonse ndi chakudya cha anthu onse chotchedwa iftar. Mabanja, abwenzi, ndi anansi amasonkhana kuti agawane zakudya zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimasiyana malinga ndi madera—kuyambira biryanis wonunkhira wa ku South Asia mpaka supu zokoma za ku North Africa. Chakudya chogawana ichi ndi chikondwerero cha kuchuluka kwa chakudya komanso chikumbutso cha mavuto omwe anthu osauka amakumana nawo.

Kuwonjezera pa kusala kudya, mapemphero ausiku (tarawih) ndi ofunika kwambiri pa Ramadan. Mizikiti imadzaza ndi olambira omwe amasonkhana pamodzi kuti awerenge Quran, kufunafuna kuyeretsedwa kwauzimu, ndikulimbitsa ubale wa anthu ammudzi. M'maiko monga Egypt, misewu imakhala ndi kuwala kwa nyali zachikhalidwe, zomwe zimadziwika kuti fanous, zomwe sizimangowunikira usiku komanso zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zizindikiro za chiyembekezo ndi mgwirizano. Mofananamo, ku Turkey ndi madera ena a Middle East, nthawi ya m'mawa isanachedwe imadziwika ndi kulira kwa ng'oma, pamene anyamata ndi anyamata, atavala zovala zachikhalidwe, amayendayenda m'madera osiyanasiyana kuti akadzutse okhulupirira kuti adye chakudya cham'mawa.

Ramadan ndi nyengo yachifundo. Zakat, kapena kupereka ndalama zothandizira, kumakhala kofunika kwambiri pamene Asilamu akulimbikitsidwa kupereka mowolowa manja kwa osowa. Madera ambiri amakonza mahema a iftar aulere ndi makhitchini a anthu onse, komwe chakudya chimaperekedwa kwa osauka, kulimbikitsa mzimu waufulu womwe uli pakati pa mwezi.

Komanso, miyambo ndi miyambo yakomweko imawonjezera kukoma kwapadera ku zikondwererozo. Mwachitsanzo, ku Indonesia, miyambo ya anthu monga Padusan—kusamba koyeretsa Ramadan isanafike—imayimira kuyeretsa kwakuthupi ndi kwauzimu komwe mweziwu umayimira. M'maiko a ku Gulf, ana amachita nawo zikondwerero zapafupi monga Gargee'an, kusonkhanitsa maswiti ndikugawana kuseka.

Mwachidule, chikondwerero cha Ramadan m'maiko achisilamu ndi nthawi yosangalatsa yosala kudya, kupemphera, misonkhano, ndi ntchito zachifundo. Ndi nthawi yomwe sikuti imangokulitsa kudzipereka kwachipembedzo komanso imalimbitsa ubale wa anthu ammudzi ndi chikhalidwe chawo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale nthawi yokondedwa kwambiri pachaka kwa Asilamu padziko lonse lapansi.