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Model: a friend of mine
Photographer: Hanna Victoria Mörck

It came spontanious. It was Ramadan and the Eid was coming up. We were gathered to eat some and have some nice company of each other. Camera came out and suddenly my friend went out to get ramadan ready for me and the camera. I really like the photo made like this classy.


About Ramadan from Wikipedia:

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎ Ramaḍān, Arabic pronunciation: [rɑmɑd̪ˤɑːn]) (also written Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, Ramdan, Ramadaan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and indulging in anything that is in excess or ill-natured; from dawn until sunset.[1] Fasting is meant to teach the Muslim patience, modesty and spirituality. Ramadan is a time for Muslims to fast for the sake of God (Arabic: الله‎;) and to offer more prayer than usual. During Ramadan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds. As compared to the solar calendar, the dates of Ramadan vary, moving forward about ten days each year as it is a moving holiday depending on the moon. Ramadan was the month in which the first verses of the Qur'an were revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[2]


and then the swedish version since that was actually a better explanation than the english. That was unexpected, i would think there to be more people of islamic background speaking english than swedish and then having the possibility to render a better text.


Om Ramadan från Wikipedia, på svenska
(About Ramadan in Swedish)

Ramadan (arabiska: رمضان;) är den nionde månaden i den muslimska kalendern, samt även den heliga fastemånaden, en av islams fem pelare. År 2009 (1430 enligt den muslimska kalendern) inleds ramadan i Sverige lördagen den 22 augusti.

Ramadan är en viktig högtid för muslimer då det är under denna månad som "Allmaktens", "Kraftens", "Ödets" eller "Härlighetens" natt (Laylat al-Qadr) anses ha infallit, sannolikt under det tjugosjunde dygnet i månaden. Det var då Guds (Allahs) budskap genom ärkeängeln Jibril (Gabriel) började uppenbaras för profeten Muhammed, vilket sedan nedtecknats i islams heliga skrift Koranen. Högtiden ramadan kan därför närmast jämföras med det kristna julfirandet till minne av Kristus födelse.

De troende förväntas i ramadan även att i möjligast mån uppträda väl, ge allmosor (zakat) till de fattiga, visa speciellt hög aktning för sin familj samt rena sitt sinne genom att undvika beteenden som våld, ilska, avundsjuka, småaktighet, girighet och illasinnad ryktesspridning. Ramadan följs av eid al-fitr, fastebrytandets högtid.
Image size
531x800px 281.09 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D90
Shutter Speed
1/125 second
Aperture
F/1.8
Focal Length
50 mm
ISO Speed
1000
Date Taken
Sep 20, 2008, 8:38:26 PM
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DreamSand's avatar
Very good portrait! Well done!