After a long month of fasting, prayer, and reflection has come to a close. Today is Eid al-Fitr, a celebration of breaking the fast. It is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. Today 15 June 2018, many Muslim wearing their traditional clothes gathering in Victoria Park since 7:30am to start their prayer. Others are hosted in the mosques around Hong Kong.
This is my first time to witness this wonderful celebration. Very much like the Chinese New Year in some sense. After victory park, I quickly walked to Ammar Mosque (the Wanchai Mosque). According to Mr. Kasim Ma, there are many Hong Kong Muslims as well as Indonesian, Filipino, Pakistani and Malaysian. To accommodate the majority , they severe dim sum as their breakfast feast.
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