Back to Home "mudik" Preparation for Family

 Idul Fitri is one of biggest day after Ramadhan Fasting. At that time, all people back to home or mudik. There are something to do before back to home.

As we know that, some family member mudik from a city to another city around three until two weeks. There is also one month holiday. It depends on the office annual years.

That's little bit long time. So, there is some preparation needed to do mudik for some family. This is the role of moms usually. However moms can ask husband and kids to help it.

The preparation has purpose to some unexpected event. This is important part before back home in the Idul Fitri.

This article give some preparation to do before back to home or mudik. By reading this article, moms and family can mudik safely without less or left anything.

Preparation Before Back To Home

There are some preparation before back to home or mudik. Moms can start two days before back to home as preparation. Do not prepare instantly one hours before back to home.

1. Money Budgeting

The first preparation is budgeting. It is about some money to spend when back to home like meals, eat with family, culinary budget, sharing budget, etc.

Budgeting preparation makes money become efficient. For example, moms can make note daily budgeting when back to home and then count the total amount of money needed.

When the family need three hundred thousand rupiahs for three days back to home, moms can safe around three hundred and fifty thousand rupiahs in the wallet. It's better to having more money than less.

2. Cleaning The Current Home

This is also important preparation before back to home. Cleaning the current home firstly two days before mudik. Moms can ask husband and kids help.

It means that make sure all area of current home is clean when moms left it someday. Do not forget to clean kitchen, toilet, in front of the home.

It has function to make comfortable when back to current home. Mudik is very tired. So, when back to home and know the current home is clean, moms and family can take a rest.

3. Fill The Suitcase

The third preparation is create note or plan for the fill of suitcase. One weeks mudik needs a lot of clothes, especially for kids.

Do not forget to bring medicine for kids. They are so easy getting sick. A day before back to home, write a note about the fill of suitcase in the smartphone is better.

Left something like skincare is not good condition for moms. So, write every detail of family need in the hometown.

4. Meal Preparation in The Public Transportation

When a family as enough money, they can buy food in the train or bus station. However, the price of food at that place is little bit pricy.

Kids needs food in the transportation. Moms can meal preparation about what kind of food to bring in the public transportation.

The duration of mudik which more than five hours in the afternoon will make hungry, that's why meal preparation is important.

Let's do the preparation if moms and family wanna back to home in the tomorrow. It's better to make little preparation than never do that. Have a wonderful Idul Fitri!

Buying Clothes Tradition Before Idul Fitri

 Buying clothes become one of Idul Fitri tradition in Indonesia. So, who's the first people which start this tradition? no one knows.

It is the tradition where all people in Indonesia buy clothes two weeks before Idul Fitri and wear it in the day of Idul Fitri.

This is the role of moms to settle this tradition. A family member which consist of moms, dad, and two kids wear new clothes in Idul Fitri.

The clothes industry start to produce clothes some weeks before Ramadhan fasting. It use to fulfill the request from society to wear new clothes.

The day closed to Idul Fitri around two until one weeks before it, Mall become crowded, courier expedition overload to send package.

Most people hunt new clothes at that time, that so amazing Indonesian people. Let's enjoy the tradition because it's only happen one times a years.

Actually the important message after Ramadhan fasting is about our pray to God and fasting that make us more healthy habit than before.

Based on this tradition, moms can buy new clothes after look at family budget. That's because there is still another equipment than a new clothes.

Some family buy the same clothes. For example, there are four people in a family member. So, moms can buy four same models of clothes. That's the so called sarimbit.

Not only for a family member, sarimbit is applied also for more than two family members as long as the grandmother and grandfather is same.

Unique Fact in The New Clothes Tradition

There are some fact in the tradition of new clothes before Idul Fitri. Sarimbit is included in the one of unique fact but there are still another.

1. Expensive Price

Two weeks before Idul Fitri, the price of clothes become expensive. Seller increase so much price after looking the buyer need clothes.

The more time closed to the Idul Fitri, the more price become expensive. However, the price is stable after Idul Fitri moments. So, moms should decide to buy or not.

2. Changing the Color and Model Every Years

No one knows the role model for this but every years the clothes model and color will change. For example, previous years the color is green. In this year become brown.

So, there is little bit funny when some people gather and meet each other they wear same model and color of clothes without asking before.

3. The Preparation

Imagine that, Idul Fitri is only happen one till two days but the preparation is complicated. Moms think about food, clean the house, a new clothes.

For new clothes preparation, there will be so much drama like about overload courier, size of clothes, war to buy in mall with some people.

Actually the new clothes tradition is back to every family. Not all people buy it, it depends on the family budget.

Moms can buy clothes just for kids, and then after Idul Fitri when the price of clothes is reasonable moms can buy it for husband and moms herself.