40 sats \ 4 replies \ @cryotosensei 1 Apr \ on: Stacker Saloon
Let’s Learn about Ramadan
Turned info into bite-sized insights for my students today:
Ramadan
- Occurs every year in the 9th month of the Islamic calendar
- Muslims don’t eat or drink from dawn to dusk
- They are reminded of the plight of poor & starving people
- Muslims in Singapore flock to Geylang bazaar to shop for Hari Raya Puasa (aka Aidilfitri) celebrations
- Get a henna design. Henna is a reddish-brown dye obtained from the leaves of the henna plant. Girls and women love to stain their fingernails with the dye and have beautiful intricate patterns drawn on their hands.
- Enjoy Iftar, a meal that Muslims eat after sunset. They gather at mosques to tuck into the food.
- Wear matching-coloured baju kurung to go visiting on the 1st day of Hari Raya.
- Make popular kueh like pineapple tarts, kueh lapis (layered cake) and bahulu (a type of sponge cake)
- Explore food bazaars. Some popular foods include vadai (a savoury fritter snack), kebab (meat cooked on a skewer and wrapped in pita bread) and Ramly burgers (greasy egg-wrapped patties).
I later asked my Muslim students more questions and arranged their insights in the form of a mind map. Mind mapping is a good tool to recall & retain information!
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Thanks for your message!
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Enjoy Iftar, a meal that Muslims eat after sunset. They gather at mosques to tuck into the food.
not necessary, can be at anywhere you choose, e.g. home or restaurants.
I think you mixed quite a lot of the local habits into the introduction, maybe "Let's Learn about Ramadan in Singapore" is better.
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You in Malaysia or Indonesia? I speak bahasa Indonesia
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