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 …

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 …

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 during the day. It is also the month when the relationships within and outside the community are strengthened by fasting and breaking the fast together.
In Turkey, like many other Muslim majority countries, it has been a practice for people to invite others -friends, relatives, and neighbors- to their home and serve them the fast-breaking (iftar) dinner. Inspired by this practice, TACC-Madison members tasted the same joy of …

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 …

Ramadan means sharing and appreciation. If you share your meal with people, your food will be more than you need. By sharing your food you feel happiness and you understand it is easy to love all human-beings and all creatures. Therefore we shared our iftar dinner with our guests at TACC-Madison on September 5 and September 12.
Before the dinner a presentation about the meaning and importance of fasting for muslims was made.
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