Chaand Raat in USA

Chaand Raat is a time of celebration when families and friends gather in open areas at the end of the last day of Ramadan to spot the new moon, which signals the arrival of the Islamic month of Shawwal and the day of Eid. Once the moon is sighted, people wish each other Chaan Raat Mubarak (have a blessed night of the new moon) or Eid Mubarak (blessings of the Eid day). Women and girls decorate their hands with mehndi (henna), and people prepare desserts for the next day of Eid and do the last round of shopping.
City streets have a festive look, and brighty decorated malls and markets remain open late into the night. Chaand raat is celebrated festively and passionately by Muslims all over South Asia, and in socio-cultural significance, this night is comparable to Christmas Eve in Christian nations.
In this news package Madeeha Anwar is telling us how the Pakistani community in Virginia celebrated the Chaand Raat on 29th Aug in Springfield ...

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News & Politics

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• Chaad Raat
• Mehndi
• Choorian
• Pakistani Community in USA
• Springfield Virginia
• Madeeha Anwar
• Urdu VOANews

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good job chaudary sb :))