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Eid al-Fitr

New clothes for everyone: white for the morning prayer, bangles and henna in South Asia, green packets in Malaysia.

Dhaka congregants can be seen listening to khutbah prior to the Eid prayers held at the parade grounds of Bangladesh Police in Rajarbagh, Dhaka.
Photo: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan, and the first rule of the day is to wear your best or newest clothes to the morning prayer. Many men choose white, a colour the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have favoured. In India, Pakistan and Bangladesh the night before is chand raat, the night of the moon, when women crowd the markets to buy glass bangles in every colour and have henna drawn on their hands. In Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia whole families often dress in one matching colour, and children are given money in green packets. Green and yellow ketupat, rice cooked in pouches woven from young palm leaves, hang as decorations. In West Africa men and women wear bright embroidered robes of damask.

#FDFDFBPrayer whiteWorn by many men to the Eid prayer.
#1E9E57Packet greenMoney packets in Malaysia; ketupat leaves.
#9C4A1FHennaPatterns drawn on the hands the night before.
#E84C8ABangle pinkGlass bangles bought on chand raat.
#E0B22BCrescent goldThe new moon on cards and lights.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

WhiteA favoured colour for the prayer.GreenPackets and ketupat.HennaThe dye of Eid hands.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Eid al-Fitr" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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