Eid Party Celebration for Children

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Eid is celebrated around the world by Muslims. It is a day of forgiveness, each and everyone goes to one and other houses to celebrate Eid. Traditionally everyone wears new cloths and new shoes. Families prepare plenty of food. In every house there are lots of dry fruits, biscuits, tea or coffee ready to be served.

In Muslim countries Eid is celebrated for three days and it is an official holiday. Muslims celebrate two Eids a year, one is Eid ul- Fitr, where Muslims Fast during Ramdan for one month and in the end of the month Eid is celebrated. The other is Eid al-Adha, where Muslim slaughter sheep, cows or any other animals that Islam permits and it is the time of Pilgrimage to Hajj. The history of slaughtering animals go back as far as Prophet Ibrahim, where he was asked by God to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

I live in London, England in the borough of Ealing, which is a diverse borough like most boroughs in London.  At my work we organised Eid party for children. Children came to the party to see the clown (their favorite) and had their faces painted by a make up artist, who worked extremely hard for three hours.

It was a very successful event, because there were one hundred and fifty children and adults as we had estimated. Although it was Eid party for Muslims, on the contrary this was very unique not only because most of the organisers were from different faith, but also those who attended the party were from different faith.

Organising an event for children needs lots of hard work, each and every one of us was given a task to make sure everything is planed well. I was in charge of monitoring the event so that everything goes according to our plan. I was also in charge of registering everyone, who came to the party.  All kids seemed really happy and excited about the party, we provided them with good food such as rice, chicken, Okra and some African and Asian food, which were prepared by our members and ordinary residence of the borough.

This party was very special because it was the first time a small organisation like us has held a party dedicated to children on a special occasion (Eid Day).