Eid Traditions

This Eid that has religious value I was so busy at potato collecting in Fuladi valley of center of Bamyan province, I could not meet my relatives and friends and enjoy from Eid traditions.

In this Eid that its name is Eid Qurban, religious tradition is very important for people, people one night before Eid come together at cemetery and bring special food like Chalpak… all of people share its food to other and every one eat other food then they pray and go to parents grave for private pray, this night called Shab-e-Eid Zenda ( Night Eid for Life).

Night of Eid people all come together in cemetery and bring special local food and eat together then pray and go to died relatives grave for private praying and pouring of food on gravestone this night call Shab-e- Eid Murda (Night Eid for Death)

On the day of Eid people pray and then come on cemetery there also eat special local food and pray. Those persons who lost a relative they stand and other people come to greet and handshake of them. Again pray repeated and every person leave the cemetery and go home for other traditions like sacrificing sheep…

This tradition is only for men not women, the women have different tradition. They distribute food in at two evening of Eid that mentioned to above. On day of Eid they also go to cemetery separately for praying and pouring food to died relative gravestones. They go homes of each other specially those homes that lost a family member.

Other tradition that is not belong to religion is decreasing, like shooting by gun, running, dancing, Buzkashi, playing football and volleyball, and other local amusement…