Eid Excitement

Its time of the year when families wait to be reunited. Sivayyan, Shir and traditional foods are cooked with excitement through out the chand raat (the moon night), although not eaten by a lot of people with so much enthusiasm next day. Not that they are not delicious but people having just finished up with a month of fasting are wary and usually have upset tummies pretty early time of the day. The non-muslims friends are the one who actually enjoy eating them, unsatiated and usually asking for more.

The morning starts very early: wearing traditional clothes, tasting something sweet and going to the mosque for prayer.
Its the kids who have the most fun during the day. They get Eidi (eid money) from all the relatives who visit their houses after the prayers and sometimes the bold ones voluntarily visit people and collect it almost like tax.
Chacha aapne mujhe abhi tak eidi nahi di ? ( Uncle, you haven't given me any Eidi still?)

Grown ups don't find any excitement in wearing new clothes and also they have to go to each house giving away money. Although nobody complains about it and everybody prepares for it in advance gathering up changed currency notes in all denominations, but its still not fun and it becomes more like an imposed duty the more you grow up each year.
They will be trying to finish up all the houses in the town fast so they could get back home rest and invite their friends home.
Sometimes when the houses of special ones are farther away, they are left for the second day. As Eid is popularly celebrated for three days in south asia.
If the houses are even further away, they are left even for a month but Eidi is still given when a visit is made by either party.

Eid is not only about eidi though but it has got something and this is why everybody waits for it.
Some of them who don't fast wait for it so they would get their freedom back and some just wait for it for its special charm which can't be described in words.

For almost all, Eid is special though and most, if not all, wait for it. If some people are abroad or far way from home, they get a reason to be with family and enjoy.