TACC-Madison members meet people of different backgrounds to share Ramadan iftar dinners.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. It is also the month when the relationships within and outside the community are strengthened by fasting and breaking the fast together. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims reach their spiritual climax through individual and congregational prayers and social activities.
In Turkey, like many other Muslim majority countries, it is a common practice for people to invite friends, relatives, and neighbors to …

We celebrated Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) as Madison Turkish-American community  at Eagle Heights Community Center. The Cultural Center served meat, rice and desserts (baklava). The meats were donated by some Turkish-American families.

All people had a chance to enjoy the food. Everybody also had very lovely conversations with the people in their table. They celebrated each others bayram (eid). The tradition in Turkey is that children visit elder people and families visit each other to celebrate their bayram. In this program, Turkish community had the opportunity to cherish this precious Turkish …

Delivering an illuminating view of the heart of Madison, located right on the edge of Lake Monona, Olin Park Pavilion is one of the most historic buildings of Madison. In this nice place, we celebrated Ramazan Bayrami together as a Turkish-American community in a warm sunny day. Approximately 100 people attended the celebration of one of the Islamic holidays.
At first, guests chose to stay in the park and enjoyed the nice view of Madison. Then, celebration program started with Karagöz-Hacivat which is a traditional Turkish shadow play. Until the rise …

Kurban Bayramı - Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice)  is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of prophet Abraham (İbrahim) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, but instead was able to sacrifice a ram (by God’s command). Eid is also about spending time with family and friends, sacrifice, and thanksgiving for being able to afford food and housing. We celebrated Eid al-Adha as Madison Turkish-American community  at Eagle Heights Community Center. The Cultural Center served meat, rice and desserts (baklava) …

We celebrated Ramadan Bayrami (Eid-ul-Fitr) at Warner Park Community Recreation Center. We had a bayram breakfast that is typical Turkish breakfast with tea. In addition to the breakfast as it is known without dessert you cannot celebrate the bayram. So we had a lot of delicious desserts including baklava.
Tuncer Edil, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, made a introductory speech. He spoke about old bayram celebrations in Turkey and in Madison. We remembered our childhood bayram celebrations.  He said children used to visit elder people …