Eid Mubarak to everyone. Eid is the biggest ceremony for the entire Muslim community. Eid was so different and joyful when i was just a child. There is a huge difference between the childhood Eid and the teenage Eid. I am gonna explain the way I have celebrated Eid in different stages of my life.
Childhood Eid : The childhood Eids i used to have were definitely fun. There were not many enjoyable things we could do on the Eid day yet the things we used to do were the joyest things ever to us. We (me, my sister Adhi, cousin sister Suraiya and cousin brother Sibbir) used to wake up early in the morning and took bath. And we used to get dressed soo beautifully. We used to greet every elder member of our family (usually on Eid day like christmas every close relatives use to be together). Because greetings get us salami ( an amount of money we get when we greet the elders and this is an Eid tradition for the younger just for fun). Getting salami only from the close relatives were not enough for us. We wanted more. So we used to roam around and visit the neighbours ( who were kind of distance relatives) and also got salami from them. With the salami we used to buy the things we wanted ( those contain junk foods most often). Special dishes were cooked in the house. We all used to eat together. It was completely beautiful. At childhood we used to have atleast 3 to 4 sets of outfits for the Eid. We used to change our outfits one after another. At the end of the day we used to count who got the more amount of salami. I know i can not just describe how enjoyable the childhood Eid moments were. It may sound lame to you ( those who are reading). But trust me those days were the best. At least then my Grandma was alive ( my most favourite person in the entire universe).
Preteen Eid : Those Eids were a little bit different from the childhood Eids. Because at that time i left my homeland with my parents and used to live in UAE. Those Eids were with the neighbours i used to have in Abu Dhabi. At that time my neighbours were the closest person to me and my sister. As usual we used to get up early and dressed soo gorgeously. Then we used to go to the Coop ( Abu Dhabi cooperative society, one kind of super market near our home). There we used to buy the things we wanted with our salami money. In those days salami used to come from the neighbour uncle aunties. From that time Eid has just started getting a little shabbier. I really missed my relatives who i left in Bangladesh.
Teen Eid : Now i don’t enjoy my Eids like i used to once. Now the Eids are just like for taking some goods photos and posting them to social medias. I don’t even buy 3 to 4 outfits now. Maximum time I get myself one perfect outfit. i just feel like my energies are going low day by day when i use to remember how i really used to enjoy my early Eids. However these teen Eids are still in a normal position which I don’t wanna explain. I just sometimes wonder what my adult Eids are gonna be! Where am i going to be in those Eids? Will I be alone! However let’s hope for better.