And we’ve
got rain! It has rained twice before (since last winter!), but both times I was
at work, and when you’re indoors, you don’t really notice it. This time I was
at home, it’s a holiday, because it’s the Eid tomorrow, the feast of sacrifice. Or after tomorrow, it depends on the moon. There’s
quite a science behind the beginning of islamic holidays, as they are related
to the moon’s cycle ,
and it’s not always clear on what day they begin.
My daughter’s Arabic teacher
asked the class if they all had received new clothes for the Eid. It seems that
traditionally, all muslim children get new outfits on the first day of that
holiday. A rather odd question, since not all children in her class are muslim.
Since we’re a little haphazard when it comes to celebrating things, she was
wondering when her new outfit was going to come? Well, it’s Halloween the week
after, so there you go; you’re new outfit, I replied. She’s going as a hippie,
and she is quite pleased about that.
Pity about the rain though, because I was supposed
to have an outdoor dinner party tonight. Ah yes, life goes on, and rather
vibrantly as well. Somebody on FB made the remark “Nobody
party's like the Lebanese after bombs..”, and it’s quite true. I am sure
this phenomenon has been extensively researched and given a name. But life goes
on.
Oops, the rain has stopped already.
2 comments:
so true about life going on. i had dinner in the achrafieh tonight, not more than two streets away from the bomb blast, and the restaurants were packed.
I rang my uncle last week to make sure all are safe and all he wanted to do was to make sure we were all coming,from Australia, for his son's wedding in May 2013. you're right.
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