DutchNews, July 5,
2016
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School’s out, and it’s time for a sugarfest: Dutch Muslims began
celebrating the end of Ramadan on Tuesday.
Some school children had a day off
for the Suikerfeest (literally, sugar feast in Dutch). But Dutch Muslims of
Moroccan origin will be waiting until Wednesday, when moon is in the right
phase over Morocco.
According to public broadcaster NOS, a third of primary
schools in Rotterdam were closed so that pupils could celebrate, while at other
schools children could take time off on request.
In some other countries the
streets are full of Eid celebrations after a month of religious fasting, eating
and drinking nothing when the sun is up. But in the Netherlands, it is more
normal for practising Muslims to visit the mosque in the morning, and end the
day with family, feast and presents.
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