HARI RAYA AILDIFITRI PRAYERS AND OPEN HOUSE

The celebration of Hari Raya Aidilfitri which falls on Sunday, 20 September 2009 was celebrated with joyous mood despite being far from home.

 

The arrival of Shawal was greeted with Aidilfitri takbir and prayers which was held at the Chancery. The Aidilfitri prayers were attended by Malaysians residing in Berlin as well as members of the Brunei Embassy in Berlin. After the prayers, guests were treated to a small reception hosted by the members of the Malaysian Embassy.

In the afternoon the guests and invitees were invited to celebrate Hari Raya at the open house hosted by Datuk Zakaria Sulong and Datin Hazizah Ahmad at Rumah Malaysia. Malaysians from all over Germany including those as far as Hannover, Dresden and Wolfsburg were treated to traditional Hari Raya delicacies such as rendang, lemang, nasi impit and others. More than 200 Malaysians from all walks of life joined together in celebrating Hari Raya reflecting the spirit of “1Malaysia”.  

Embassy of Malaysia

Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany