List of Canberra Eid Open Houses (Sep) 2009
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Open House |
Area |
Date & Time |
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Huda, Rupa, Shovon, Esha, Audoito & Shourhid |
Tuggeranong |
Saturday 26 Sep 2009 |
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Zillur Rahman and Family |
Tuggeranong |
Saturday 26 Sep 09 |
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Hashmat Ali / Rokeya Ali /Mosaddeque Ali /Yasmin Ali /Aaryan / Aisha |
Tuggeranong |
24 Sep 2009 (Thursday) |
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H.E. Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia and Mrs. Jasmin Masud |
Woden Valley |
Saturday, 26 Sep 2009 4.00pm to 6.00pm |
Please e-mail at priyo@priyoaustralia.com.au for your eid open house listing. Listing entry closing 26 September 2009.
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Open House |
Area |
Date & Time |
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Rana, Nilufa, Monon, Nabeel and Medha |
Belconnen |
Eid day 20 Sept |
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Shireen, Shoeb & Kate Ahmad |
Belconnen |
Eid day after namaj till 2pm |
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Taherul Ahsan and Umme Salma |
Belconnen |
Eid day 06.00pm to 10.00pm |
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Maliha, Maheen, Nita and Milon |
Gungahlin |
Eid day |
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Shahidullah, Naila, Shayan and Shiban |
Gungahlin |
Eid day 20 Sep |
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Zamir, Trina and Wasi |
Gungahlin |
Eid day 01.00pm to 07.00pm |
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Sohel, Deena & Shayaan |
Gungahlin |
Eid day 04.00pm to 07.00pm |
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Dipu, Sumi, Amina, Ayesha |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day |
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Jainal & Kohinoor Abedin |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day, 20 Sep 09 |
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Habibur Rahman/Dulu/Rayeed/Rasheed |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day, 20 Sep 09 |
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Shetu, Adnin, Tasnim, Yasmin and Iqbal |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day, 20 Sep 09
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Ali Akbar, Hasina, Asif, Arif |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day 7:00pm to 10:00pm
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Fara, Rafa, Farhan, Raihan, Fahmida, Ehsan |
Tuggeranong |
Eid day Sunday 7 pm to midnight |
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M Ashif Rahim/ Momotaj Begum Ricta/Suneep/Auneep |
Woden Valley |
Eid day |
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Dear friends,
The way Canberrans celebrate Eid is unique. Even our interstate friends have no idea how much we enjoy on the occasion. Some of our relatives who came to visit us from Bangladesh are so excited that they want to come again just to celebrate Eid with us. What makes us different? Well, during Eid celebration – Eid day and the following weekend – everyone visits everyone!! The whole city springs to life. Three hundred or so of us move from suburb to suburb, house to house, often in big groups, ‘kafela’ you may say, exchanging greetings. Our neighbours and friends living in different parts of Canberra replaces our close relatives living in Bangladesh – whom we miss in our celebration. It brings the whole community together, binds us even closer. To our children it is an experience of the life we left behind – to be part of and proud of carrying to our future generations.
People often misunderstand the ‘open house’ announcements that many of us post during Eid celebration. It may reflect an official connotation but the idea behind it is simply to help people not to miss each other. So that people knows who will be available when to better manage the limited time available to visit everyone. Traditionally, people send individual emails announcing date and time they will be available at home to greet others. This is fine, but keeping track of these loose emails and announcements is a bit difficult.
Like every year, this year also PriyoAustralia.com.au is dedicating a free web-space for people to post their Eid ‘open-house’ messages. This is solely to place all ‘open house’ information in one location to help us all to plan our visits.
If you are interested in posting a ‘open house’ message please send email to priyo@priyoaustralia.com.au with the following information:
1. Your name:
2. Street address:
3. Suburb:
4. Date of open house:
5. Time of open house (from and to):
6. A short message:
Wishing you a very happy Eid.
Regards,
PriyoAustralia.Com Team
NB: Above text originally contributed by Mr Ehsan Ullah, Canberra.
