Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia, especially Hari Raya Puasa which marks the end of Ramadan. In addition to Hari Raya Puasa, other Muslim holidays celebrated include Hari Raya Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, and Maulidur Rasul. During holidays like Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas, it is common for Malaysians to host "open house" where people of all backgrounds are invited to attend and share food. Many Malaysians also take time off around these holidays to "balik kampung" or return to their hometowns to celebrate with family, which often causes traffic j
Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia, especially Hari Raya Puasa which marks the end of Ramadan. In addition to Hari Raya Puasa, other Muslim holidays celebrated include Hari Raya Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, and Maulidur Rasul. During holidays like Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas, it is common for Malaysians to host "open house" where people of all backgrounds are invited to attend and share food. Many Malaysians also take time off around these holidays to "balik kampung" or return to their hometowns to celebrate with family, which often causes traffic j
Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia, especially Hari Raya Puasa which marks the end of Ramadan. In addition to Hari Raya Puasa, other Muslim holidays celebrated include Hari Raya Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, and Maulidur Rasul. During holidays like Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas, it is common for Malaysians to host "open house" where people of all backgrounds are invited to attend and share food. Many Malaysians also take time off around these holidays to "balik kampung" or return to their hometowns to celebrate with family, which often causes traffic j
Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia, especially Hari Raya Puasa which marks the end of Ramadan. In addition to Hari Raya Puasa, other Muslim holidays celebrated include Hari Raya Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, and Maulidur Rasul. During holidays like Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas, it is common for Malaysians to host "open house" where people of all backgrounds are invited to attend and share food. Many Malaysians also take time off around these holidays to "balik kampung" or return to their hometowns to celebrate with family, which often causes traffic j
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Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia.
The most important of these is Hari Raya
Puasa (also called Hari Raya Aidilfitri) which is the Malay translation ofEid al-Fitr. It is generally a festival honoured by the Muslims worldwide marking the end of Ramadan will the fasting month. In addition to Hari Raya Puasa, they also celebrate Hari Raya Aidiladha (also called Hari Raya Haji referring to its occurrence after the culmination of the annual Hajj or Hari Raya Qurban), Awal Muharram (Islamic New Year) and Maulidur Rasul (Birthday of the Prophet). A practice known as "open house" (rumah terbuka) is common during the festivities, especially during Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Chinese New Year and Christmas. Open house means that all well-wishers are received and that everyone regardless of background is invited to attend.[6] Open houses are normally held at the home of the host and food are also prepared by the host, however, there are also open houses held at larger public venues especially when hosted by government agencies or corporations. Also during the festivities, most Malaysians would take the time off work or school to return to their hometowns to celebrate the festivities with their extended relatives. This practice is commonly known as balik kampung and usually causes traffic jams on most highways in the country