The Ways to Celebrate Muharam and Messiah

New year is the turn of the year which is identical with the celebration and party. It is done to welcome the new year which is going to come and say good bye to the last year. Especially in Indonesia, people are enthusiastic to greet the new year by holding such kinds of celebration like party, dinner, or blowing a trumpet at mid night. On the other hand, there is another new year for muslims, it is called as Muharram. In Indonesia of which the people are majorly moslems, they celebrate Muharram in different ways, although the Messiah is not less interesting. There are some kinds of celebrating both new years in Indonesia.

Many people especially in Indonesia celebrate the Messiah by going outside with partners or friends and having fun. Most teenagers go outside with their partners or friends joining the party or festival that is held in certain places. It is because the festival is held only one time in new year eve, moreover such kind of this celebration is very populer in Indonesia like in Yogyakarta city.  They go to the town square and spend the whole night until the turn of the year comes. Not only teenagers who go out for having fun, but it also happens with families. They often choose to have dinner together, it purposes to make their relationship between all family members get closer especially for those who live in capital city. Most of them have career and business, it rarely happens that they can have dinner together like in the new year eve due to they are busy with their jobs. The celebration then continued by having trumpets together at mid night to welcome the new year and say good bye to the late year. It is purposed to start the new lives and a wish that they should be better than what they did in last year. Not only trumpets, but it can be also having fireworks party. Some say that it is better to celebrate new eve by doing so, because it will not be forgotten during the their lives.

Similarly, the celebration between Messiah and Muharam can be alsmost the same. However, in celebrating muharram, people do fasting. It is sunah for muslims to do fasting in Muharam, because God will give them much more bless during their lives. “Seutama-utama puasa setelah Ramadaan ialah puasa di bulan Muharram.” (HR. Muslim no. 1163) It can be interpreted that after fasting in Ramadhan (the main fasting), the first sunah is fasitng in Muharam. It is the first sunah after ramdhan. So fasting in Muharam is the first sunah between the other fastings.

Another thing is that in Muharam, the celebration can be done by fireworks or having trumpets and vacation also. In this case, people can celebrate it while visiting poor people in a certain place or in orphanage and doing social service. These things are very wise jobs. Besides it, Ulamas say that Muharam is a month for fatherless children. Giving alms to the people who are less than us is much more valuable than spending money for nothing. In celebrating Muharam, it can be also by having trumpets and fireworks with them, we can feel the happiness each other and moreover, it is useful for the relationship between muslims regardless the gaps between them. It is like a thank to God for the rich that they are given anough sustenance. The celebration will be more valuable and unforgettable by doing useful things.

Based on the paragraphs above, it can be compared that the celebration of both new years are not much different. In messiah most people spend their money for going outside and celebtaring party or dinner. It is what most people do to make the new year to be unforgettable and luxurious. However, in Muharam, people can spend money for helping the poor, it is a thankfulness for God on his bless and still remember the people who still need us. Moreover, it can also build the social care and also loyality in a society. In additon, doing vacation during the holiday of new year is also good. People do this to refresh their minds and ready to start the new life. Another hand, In Muharram, people can also visit an orphanage to celebrate the new year. It is very gerat job that they can also astablish the relation between ecah other. Because all moslems are brothers.

So in Muharam, many things can be done to make it meaningful and also the messiah. The celebrations are for commemorating the new years which only come one time during a year. Although the celebrations are little bit different but they both go in balance.