Author Ramadhan is less than ten days ahead. After that, there will be Idul Fitri. The big day of all muslim in the world.
At that day, all people praise and born become new body without faith after Ramadhan. There is a culture in Indonesia namely mudik.
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It is the culture that a family members go home and back to their hometown. In this condition, all people at the same time go back to the hometown.
There is condition when husband need to work in the another city, and then moms and kids need to follow father and live in the place namely current home for some years.
Idul Fitri is the moment to go home or back to hometown for people majority. For example, Idul Fitri is around March 21. At that time, Indonesian people will go home and mudik in the same time.
Seven day before Idul Fitri, some people start to this habit. The bus stationary, railway station, and airport will get so much people to going back home or mudik.
The busiest city like Jakarta has so much new comer people. Most of them will going back home in the Idul Fitri.
Just one time a years in Idul Fitri, that's why this is become one of Indonesian culture. All street and public transportation is very crowded.
Imagine that, a family member never go home in their hometown around a years. They miss their hometown. That's why they going back home in Idul Fitri.
There are so much to do in this moment. They spent time in their hometown three until two weeks. However there is also people that spent more than one month for mudik.
Usually, an employee get annual holiday or annual leave from office until twelve days. So, they use the annual holiday for going back home in Idul Fitri.
Some Activity in The back Home mudik Moment
There are so many to do in the hometown which cannot they do in the another city. So, they are very use this valuable moment to do some activity like:
1. Eating Special Food.
Special food from a city to another city is different. Ketoprak in Jakarta and Surabaya is so different. That's why people use this moment to eat special food from their hometown.
2. Visiting Parents and Family
Family member that already left hometown in a years feel miss the family in the hometown, especially the old parent.
Parent get healthy from God and moms family just visiting one times a years. So, use it for visiting them. Moms and family can sleep more than a day in the parents home.
3. Visiting Old Friend
Moms and family will happy when meet some school friend. In the Idul Fitri moment is the right time to visit some old friend.
They are from elementary, senior high school or just office friend from moms and family hometown. There is long time no see them. That's amazing when reunite moment.
4. Sharing with Others
It means that moms and family can give a gift or just a little money for neighbors in the hometown. Remember that it depends on the family budget.
However give them just a little will make them happy beside meet us after we go to another city and never go home before.
Just four activities as the common activities for family in the mudik moment. It is very happy situation, just one time in a years. Hopefully God give longer age for mudik again. Aamiin.