Visakhapatnam, ANDHRA PRADESH :
Visakhapatnam:
While the Muslim community across the country will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday, the Dawoodi Bohra community residing in upscale Mubarak Colony of Port City observed the festival on Tuesday after 30 days of fasting by offering prayers and namaaz at the Mohammadi Masjid in Yendada.
Around 650 people took part in a community breakfast after the prayers. A unique feature of their meal is everyone, irrespective of social status, eats from huge thalis as it fosters the spirit of harmony and promotes economic justice. Another reason for such a practice is to avoid wastage of food.
“Today’s Eid-special breakfast consisted of sheer khorma (a sweet dish made of dry fruits, milk and sewaiyya), bread, kheema, vadas and chutney. Eight people at a time can sit together to eat from a thali. For lunch and dinner too, the same system would be followed. Special items like biryani and karri chawal was prepared in our community kitchen today,” said Adnan Sabuwala, a member of the Dawoodi Bohra community.
A good initiative of the community is preventing wastage of food. “Whatever food remains after consumption by our members would be distributed among the poor villagers in the surrounding areas. If there’s some food or vegetables that’s not in a state good enough for consumption by people, we go to some cattle or animal shed and with permission of the owners, offer them to the animals,” said Mulla Abhizer Madraswala, secretary of Anjuman-e-badri, a committee organisation that looks into the accounts and logistics.”
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Visakhapatnam / TNN / July 06th, 2016