culture of welcoming Ramadan in Indonesia

kent0453 (25)in Cross Culture • last month

The people of Aceh (Indonesia) welcome the joy of the month of Ramadan which starts tomorrow, Tuesday (13/4/2021).

The day before Ramadan, the people on the tip of Sumatra Island started the meugang tradition, eating meat the day before fasting, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. when the Dutch conquered Aceh and succeeded in colonizing, the meugang tradition has been preserved until now. The difference is, meugang is not shared by the Dutch directly with the people. But through the village leadership who became an ally of the Netherlands. In fact, it is said that the meugang continued the tradition of pilgrimage to the graves of the sultans who had passed away. Denys said, there was a kind of laying a wreath on the Sultan's grave after the tradition of eating meat together at the palace.