“My dear …
the celebration tomorrow is Id el Adhan
> id fitri is for Ramadan
> Thanks for wishing us well. I really appreciated the comment of Jumoke. The
> good old days of common family celebration with no religion undertone is
> gone.
> God will save our mother land.
> Salaam
Latif”
Dear Readers,
Above is mail I just received from someone close who wanted to be gentle with his “correction”! Thanks, a million.
I’m from one of those one-religion towns and even up till this day, there is no mosque in my town in Ondo State. I know the celebration is Ileya in Yoruba and I also know “Greater Beiram”; Eid Il Fitri jist as I know Id Il Kabir!
In Nigeria – at least the Southwest – Ileya is the popular name of this celebration. I plead ignorance which is supposedly no excuse in law but as this is no legal wahala,readers will understand.
Thanks. Regards, TOLA.>