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All visitors at the Chand Raat Eid Festival 2008 had the opportunity to enjoy entertaining children performances, Naat & Nasheed (religious recital) performances, raffle draws and fun-filled trivia game activities hosted by SBS TV journalist Miss. Sarwat Hassan and SBS Urdu Radio service presenter, Mr. Rehan Alvi.

 

The organizers Mr Syed Atiq ul Hassan and Mrs Surraya Hassan thanked the stall holders, sponsors especially Liverpool City Council, Muslim Community Co-operative (Australia), Western Union and SBS Radio (Australia) being the major supporters of the event.

 

Chand Raat Eid Festival is annual event. Chand Raat which means night of the moon in the Urdu language marks the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid ul Fitr. Since the Islamic Calendar is lunar, Eid ul-Fitr is on the first of Shawwal - the tenth month of the Islamic year.

 

The aim of celebrating the Chand Raat Eid Festival is to promote traditional Eid celebrations in multicultural Australia among the younger generation; especially those born and raised in Australia. It is a unique event as it is held at night like the Chand Raat late night shopping in various parts of the Muslim world. It also provides the opportunity for many Australians unaware of such festivities to get together and enjoy the various different cultural exhibitions. The entry to the event is free.