today is the 8th day of syawal... thats mean we have celebrated hari raya for 8 days now.
for some people.... the 8th day is the starting of their Hari Raya celebration... because they fast for 6 more days starting from the 2nd of syawal (as we know muslims are forbided to fast on the 1st of syawal) these people will start going out and visit their family from the 8th of raya onwards.....
Selamat Hari Raya to these people!
During hari raya, the most significant thing to children is duit raya. Duit raya is like giving some money as gift or sedekah to the litlle children. i dont know how this tradition started where or when. but as far as i remember, my parents, uncles, aunts are using duit raya as encouragement for us to fast when we were small. but this tradition have its own flaws...... the greed and the misspending.
the greed, the children wont stop searching for Duit Raya. some of them juz forget the values of Hari Raya. In their mind is Hari Raya + visit neighbours = more pocket money. this kind of mindset should be avoided as it promotes to bad attitudes, such as choosing only to visit only the big houses and forget about the poors. it as ruins the meaning of hari raya.
the misspending. whenever the children get their hands on their money, they spend recklessly. as children, the dont have their own money. but hari raya gives them that oppurtinity. the problems is, misspending. buying firecrackes, junk foods, toys and other unnecessary things.
these two flaws can be avoided, if the parents plays their role. as parents, the should explain about hari raya. also they need to supervise their children spending. the better ways is encouraging them to save he money, teaching them about money savings and the benefit of savings money.
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