Yesterday was the day of Ashura (19th Jan 2008). It’s the tenth day of Muharram. The word ashura simply means 10 in arabic or asharo from wahid,ithnin,salasa,arba’, hamsa........asharo. So, ashura literally translated as the tenth day; The tenth day of Muharram. As part of the Malay community here (me being the reluctant committee member), i got involved in the preparation to commemorate & celebrate the day of Ashura by preparing Ashura porridge and to also hold a majlis tazkirah here. I am oblivious to the fact that there are several types of ‘bubur ashura’. There is a variety of bubur ashura and this is evident from the internet. The committee had decided that we ought to cook two types so the outcome of that was Bubur Asyura Perak (Langkap city style with loughborough twist) and Bubur Asyura kekacang manis (utara style) with loughborough twist since we put peach into it beside the various beans or ‘kekacang’.
I am mighty glad that the committee had managed to pull through such a big event even though they were formed just recently following on the previous raya haji celebration organised by the 2007 committee members. I would like to express my gratitude to the head chef, Pn. Jue for her culinary expertise in preparing the bubur asyura perak (not sure whether she would bump into my blog though). All in all, it had been a good day. Many families brought side dishes since it was also meant to be a potluck dinner and we had plenty of foods on the serving tables. We had the tazkirah delived by ustad masrul at 3.45pm and had our break fasting at 4.24 pm maghrib time. All these were held in James France exhibition hall in the university and it went smooth I would say. We had our prayer at around quarter past five in the prayer room of the James France building and then resumed our break fasting till 6pm.
6 comments:
all around the world the ashura was celebrated with joy and the feeling of one with HIM, glad to to have a piece of home when you are away, right?
sounds like yummy bubur ashuras there! Good that the community there organised such event - here: nil!! We did our bit in our small household though.
its good that this whole neighbourly kerjasama is still practised among malay muslims there. ada beza ke bubur asyura ngan bubur lambuk nih?
bubur asyura gotong royong? that's just wonderful
Mad Redo,
Yes I'm mighty glad. Though we are away from home we are among friends & community melayu at large.
D, sounds yummy and the actual taste too is emmm...indescribable :-) I bet your porridge was great too judging from your cuisine.
KC,
Yes, the malay community here always make sure that tok penghulu is elected and committee is formed every year. That way people won't be left alone in terms of 'kebajikan' and 'gotong royong' let alone sport activities; the camaraderie of student life overseas.
Bluewonder,
Yeah, It was a gotong royong indeed. Nothing like what i have experienced back home. (Got bogged down with endless paperwork *sigh* )
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