Hello everyone! Today I am going to share some interesting pictures that I snapped while going grocery shopping in AEON Big. This is a trip done after a long time as my family wasn't doing well and we were all home-quarantined for a while. My family is much better and we went out for the first time after so long to stock up on some much needed groceries.
I noticed that the Hari Raya decorations and items were all on display. By the way, Hari Raya refers to Eid-al-Fitr which is a festival celebrated by Muslims. The celebration takes place after fasting for a month during the Ramadan which is a holy month for Muslims. We were buying many groceries but I managed to take some pictures for this week's #Marketfriday tag, initiated by @dswigle.
Traditional outfits
Check this beautiful traditional outfit set for a family! They follow the same colour theme. Many families do like to purchase clothes with the same pattern so they outfits match. I have even seen some of my neighbours do it during the festival. The outfit worn by both the men and the little boy mannequins is called Baju Melayu while the outfit worn by the woman and the little girl is called Baju Kurung.
Here are more baju kurung. The outfit which is second from the right is the one that the woman mannequin is wearing in the previous picture.
I am not sure what kind of fashion is this. I saw it for he first time and it seemed like the traditional outfit but slightly modernized with a ribbon on the waist.
This is an outfit that men wear. It is called Jubah in Malay. It came in multiple colours for adults. However, it seems like there are non available for boys.
These are some long sleeved shirts for men. They look quite similar to the traditional outfit tops. They can be worn with black pants or a colour that matches the top.
The colourful and well designed shirts on top are called Batik Shirts. Batik is a tradtitional art of dyeing clothes using wax resistant methods. I have done it during art classes in school before.
These are traditional outfits for women with Turkish kaftan style necks.
These are classic Malay style traditional outfits for women.
Check this large glittery banner saying 'Selamat Hari Raya'! It is the Malay phrase used to wish Eid Mubarak.
Cookies and Beverages
I reached the snacks section and found many varieties of them. There were different types of cookies and candies.
These are mostly love letter biscuits. They are called kuih kapit in Malay language. basically they are rolled pastries.
Here are more cookies. There was a wide range of them. Some were also innovative like popias made using Nestum. There were also mini popias, London almonds, coconut biscuits, Regular Nestum cookies and kuih siput which translate to snail cookies but not literally of course.
Here are more fancy biscuits. There are tart blueberry, red velvet biscuits, pineapple tarts, snow almond chocolate cookies and pandan gula melaka (palm sugar pandan cookies).
Then, I moved to the beverages section and I found this cool rotating decoration with wordings and images. It just keeps spinning round.
The wordings are Eid-al-Fitr wishes.
They hung many fairy lights on top. At the bottom, there are drinks with promotions. I got one too.
These are more drinks in traditional village style decoration. There were blue and green ketupat all along the structure. Ketupat is the traditional rice cake dish eaten during Hari Raya.
This is a closer look of it. This is just an artifical one made using decorative ribbons but in real, the rice cakes are wrapped using woven coconut leaves.
Festival Hampers and Dates
These are hampers made specially for the Eid festival. There were many of them in different sizes and colourful wrappers so people can buy them according to their preferences and budget. These make wonderful gifts as they contain cookies, candies and dates.
Here's a closer look of the green hampers. As I mentioned previously, note the price difference which is quite big.
Here are some dates! They came in many varieties. Dates are eaten during iftar when Muslims break their fast. However, they are not limited to them. The rest of us non-Muslims eat them too as they are healthy snacks.
At a closer view, I noticed that these were imported Egyptian dates.
This is a decoration I found on the floor while going to the cashier to make payment. It says 'Raya Penus Makna' which means 'A Meaningful Celebration'.
I would like to use this opportunity to convey my advanced Eid wishes to all Muslims and may the holy month of Ramadan shower you with many blessings.
Thank you for dropping by and have a wonderful day ahead!
beautiful beautiful preparation for Eid
Yes it was. Thank you =)
What a wonderful post @yashny !! I loved how you walked us through the entire shopping trip, explaining what each item was and what it meant (or for which part of the celebration it was for) This is really the very first time anyone has ever given me such a detailed look at the traditional clothing and the different kinds of it.
Thank you so much. The post was absolutely awesome!!!! Thank you for taking the time and effort to put it together!
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Thank you so much! I enjoy writing about it. It was fun for me and I thought it will be interesting for the others especially those who are new to the local culture =) I am glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the generous upvote too! Wishing you a wonderful day ♥