Tonight i have experienced what we call "Raya FEVER".....its becoming a trend and culture for us to buy everything as our preparation, we dig for money here and there, as long as our celebration is the most GRAND among all.....in my place KEK LAPIS is the most famous cake and a must for every house....due to SALE, DISCOUNT, OFFER and anything that cut off the price people spend more time in shopping mall compared to home, including my family, plus today money is not a big problem for most of family.....baking KEK LAPIS is almost extinct from list of THINGS TO DO DURING RAYA, people tend to buy ready made cake......last night my aunt wants me to go and collect cake that my mother and her had ordered during early of Ramadhan.
I went to the shop but its not actually a shop, more like a kiosk......when i arrived i can see in front of the kiosk is full of KEK LAPIS costumer, im hoping that i can just show my receipt and take the cake as we had ordered for some time, but i was wrong.....i need to wait for the van to arrived. When the van arrived, the chaotic and the real meaning of Hari Raya blasting the empty air....everyone was struggling to open the van's door and they push each other to get the cake.....there is no mre women, men, old, young....everyone pushing,pulling and raise their hand to get what they want......
That is all the situation untill i get my cake, luckily i didnt have to struggle as i had order before....but what struck my mind the most is that.....what is the meaning of HARI RAYA today?
is it who got the most cake? or who wear the best dress? because what suppose to be our culture has been demolish....no more baking cake to celebrate relatives that comes.....the cake that we eat today is not a sacrification of us for raya......we prefer to go and shop to get the best dress.....i am so sad to think of HARI RAYA now
