idul fitri

...se acerca..... lo siento...... lo huelo...... Cada dia que pasa hay mas tiendas abiertas durante el dia, vendedores de fruta fresca por la calle a deshora, escaparates llenos de cestas de regalo....Idul Fitri esta cerca. Y eso significa que el fin del ramadhan esta tambien muy muy muy cerca.
Se va hacer extranyo poder beber agua por la calle, comer una simple galleta o ver restaurantes abiertos por la manyana. Se va a hacer raro comer delante de musulmanes durante el dia sin sentirte culpable, porque te sientes culpable pensando que, con este calor, ni siquiera beben agua de 4.30 am a 6.30 pm. Se va a hacer extranyo no sentir las mas diversas voces (incluidas las infantiles) cantando, rezando, invocando, despertando... a toda la vecindad, fieles e infieles, a las mas diversas horas. Se va a hacer raro definitivamente.

Asi que la semana que viene con motivo del fin del mes de ayuno tendremos un par de dias de vacaciones.......y me bebere una botella de agua en mitad de la calle para celebrarlo!

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....here it comes.....I can feel it......I can smell it.......Every day that passes by there are more shops open at daytime, fresh fruit vendors on the streets, shop windows full of Christmas hamper-like baskets...Idul Fitri is very near. And that means the end of Ramadhan is also very very very near. It's going to be weird being able to drink water on the street, eat a biscuit or see restaurants open in the mornings. It's going to be weird eating before muslims without feeling guilty because one feels guilty thinking that, with this heat, they don't even drink any water from 4.30 am to 6.30 pm. It's going to be weird not hearing the most varied voices (children included) singing, praying, waking up ....the whole neighbourhood, the congregation and the infidels, at any time. It's going to be really bizarre.

So next week I will be having two days off because of the end of the fasting month and I will drink a whole bottle of mineral water in the middle of the street to celebrate it!