Geylang Serai market a hub of activity as Muslims prepare for Hari Raya Puasa

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Ms Aziza Osman, 54, will wake at 5am on Tuesday (May 3). There will be much to do – slow cooking the lamb, simmering the coconut gravy and so forth. It will be another four hours before her four children wake, partly by the fragrance of her mutton biryani and...

After a month of fasting, the public holiday will see Muslims visiting their family and friends, preparing a lavish spread and reuniting with those whom they have not seen for a long time., and families said they are going"all out" this year.

Stall helper Ismail Yusof, 25, jokingly compared the brisk sales of his ketupat to the"panic buying" seen in the early days of the pandemic. "It is much better this year, 100 per cent. It feels much more like Hari Raya Puasa. We got many orders from our customers months ago," he said.The lemang stall manned by Mr Jaafar Ahmad, 62, was also doing brisk business. With many queueing to buy tubes of the glutinous rice, those at the stall were splitting the bamboo stalks with a machete at a quick pace.

He and his family will visit several homes the next day. Asked how many people will be at the various gatherings, he said with a smile:"As many as we can get. As many as the house can fit."

 

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