Correction on last post

November 5, 2011

emotanafricana.com 

“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.>

 




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