In Turkey the terms 'Ramzan Bayram' or 'Eid Bayram' are used for Eid and Eid holidays.
Bayram is a Turkish word meaning holiday. Eid ul Fitr holidays are known as lesser bayram. Eid Bayram is celebrated in Turkey with traditional Islamic zenith combining the Muslim and ottoman traditions. People use to shop for new clothes, jewelry and sandals to celebrate Eid Bayram.
Eid greetings in Turkey are 'be bayraminiz kutlu olson'. It means may your Eid Bayram be blessed.
Women usually wear traditional dresses on bayram. Women buy earrings, broaches, bracelets and rings for Eid. Eid dresses in Turkey are modern in Cities and traditional in towns.
What do Turkish women wear on Eid Bayram
Traditionally women in Turkey wear long and stylish topcoats with silk headscarf on Eid. Most young women and girls in big cities choose long skirts to wear on Eid. Women don't wear revealing clothes in private or public gatherings on Eid but they adopt style and grace for the Eid day dress.
The dresses for Eid gatherings and parties are casual and modern in big cities.
Men mostly wear T shirts and pants on Eid prayers. A few elderly men can be seen wearing Kaftan on Eid.
What are popular Bayram Eid dishes in Turkey
The popular Eid dishes for brunch which is eaten after Eid prayers are different kind of cakes, halwas, Baklava, revani, seesh Kabab, pizzas, fruits, and other baked items.
For Bayram dinner, table is decorated with Baked Turkey or Chicken, Rice, Pastas and many other dishes.
How do Turkish people celebrate Eid Bayram
In Turkey, people travel to hometowns from big cities to celebrate Ramzan Bayram with relatives. Its is always a early rise on Bayram in Turkey where men go to mosques to offer Eid prayers and women start preparing desserts for the breakfast. The food for bayram is started to get ready from one or two day before. Children and young kissed the hands of elders after Eid prayers following the Turkish tradition. In return, elders give chocolates, candies, sugar coated almonds to children. Also elders give 'bayram money' to children wrapped in handkerchief. In Turkey, Eid money for children is wrapped in beautiful silk handkerchiefs. Afterwards, children go outside and knock each door to get Eid money and chocolates.
People celebrate Eid Bayram holidays visiting parks and recreational places.
The Bayram day festivity continues three days. Families visit each other on dinners and parties. Turkish people eat candies, chocolates, traditional halwas on Bayram. The music is enjoyed on Beyram holidays. Lesser Beyram is celebrated with more excitement. The markets are crowded with families doing shopping for new clothes, jewelry and sandles. Women wear expensive brooches, silk dresses on eid.
The Eid day starts with a traditional
Eid prayers held in all mosques or at open places. The men of family perform
Bayram (Eid) prayers in near mosques or visit old mosque to feel the essence of Eid.
