CHAPTER 4.3: Rituals of Hari Raya Aidiladha

Cooking is one of the main customs but there is one other ritual that is carried out during this celebration. It is commonly called the korban here, meaning sacrifice in the local language.

The meat cutting of a slaughtered goat 

A brief history:
Hari Raya Aidiladha (Feast of the Sacrifice) is an event for Muslims to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim and follow Allah's command to sacrifice (korban) his son Ishmael. Nowadays, the sacrifice is held as a symbol to reaffirm the Muslims' faith in Allah and give thanks to the blessings that they have receive. Four-legged livestock are sacrificed and the animals will be slaughtered at their neck. After the blood is drawn out from the neck, the meat will be cut and given out to the less fortunate Muslims. None of the body part of the animals can be sold for profit.

We did not actually attend the ceremony, but caught sight of some men cutting and cleaning up a slaughtered goat from the ritual. 

Moving on to a less gory scene, here are the food collective that we've made for the celebration.

Hari Raya Aidiladha food

These are the common dishes made for the celebration and from the picture above, we have (clockwise from top-left corner): lemang, rendang daging (beef), dodol, rendang ayam (chicken), kuah kacang and ketupat. Each dish is covered by different groups in our class (like how we did the kuah kacang) so go check them out (we'll update each dish with the link once we have their approval).

That will be all for this chapter. We'll see you in our last chapter, sharing our thoughts and opinions on the kampung. Bye!

P.S. Special thanks to Zaza (a classmate of ours) who gave us a picture of the korban aftermath as we did not have any of our own. Thanks!