OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN
HOLY MOHAMMEDAN MONTH INDIANS AT WELLINGTON (By Tp-legrapn —Vrem Association.; WELLINGTON. April 30. Some interest is aroused on the ship City of Tokio at present at Wellington by the observance of Ramadan by about 30 Mohammedan Indians, who are members of the crew. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Mohammedan year and the Holiest in the calendar because in Ramadan the known was revealed. A rigid fast is maintained lor 30 days extending roughly from dawn to nightfall. Then follows the month of Shawai, which is a period of feasting and revelry. . Impressed by the ceremonial attachifio- to the observance of Ramadan, Father J. E. Rockliff, the “padre of the Seven Seas,” who is travelling on the City of Tokio. suggested to the head serang that it should be broadcast. The head serang consulted his colleagues, but promptly returned with a replv which indicated that for the purposes of entertaining New Zealand radio listeners the observance of Itamadan was gpt.iu^jw^esa...
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 30 April 1934, Page 7
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164OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 30 April 1934, Page 7
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