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Mawlid

Green flags, green lights and green turbans for the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, where the day is kept.

Putrajaya,24/01/2013. Malaysian Muslims participate in a Maulidur Rasul parade in Putrajaya, also known as Mawlid, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, at Putrajaya Putra Mosque. Photo by Firdaus Latif
Photo: Firdaus Latif, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Mawlid

Mawlid marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. It is kept by many Muslims, especially those in Sufi traditions, and is a public holiday in most Muslim-majority countries; others, among them the Salafi tradition, do not observe it. Where it is kept, green is the colour. Streets and mosques in Pakistan and India are hung with green flags and strings of green lights, and processions carry green banners. Green is linked with the Prophet, with the dome over his tomb in Medina, and with the gardens of paradise. In Egypt the day has its own sweets, sold from stalls decorated in bright paper: sugar dolls dressed in fans of pink, green and white paper, and sugar horsemen, given to children.

#0B6E3BDome greenThe Green Dome over the Prophet’s tomb in Medina.
#3CB371Light greenFlags and strings of lights.
#FFFFFFScript whiteCalligraphy on green banners.
#F28CB1Sugar-doll pinkPaper dresses of Egypt’s Mawlid dolls.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

GreenThe colour linked with the Prophet.WhiteCalligraphy.

Also part of it, and being written: Shades of green (Includes the greens used on Islamic flags.).

More colours tied to Mawlid

Red Hennaحِنَّاء A reddish dye from the henna plant, used for body art and hair since ancient timesColour named from nature · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
About this page

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

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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