From North to South, Muslims in Thailand celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday with morning prayers and feasts at mosques.
The celebration came after the Office of the Chularatchamontri on Saturday declared Sunday as the start of the Eid al-Fitr, known as Eid al-Fittaly in Bangkok, and as Hariraya in the deep South and some countries to the south of Thailand.
They joined Muslims in other Southeast Asian countries in marking the event.
Mosques in Mae Sot district in Tak province were crowded on Sunday morning, with local Muslims in the border district joined by many who crossed over the Moei River from Myawaddy town in Myanmar to celebrate the Eid festival in Thailand.
People of all ages also went attended in mosques in Narathiwat province, wearing new, colourful clothes for morning prayers and making donations for the needy before holding family get-togethers. The central mosque in Muang district was one of the biggest draws for Muslims in the southern border region.
More than 2,000 people converged at the Youth Centre in the Yala municipality for prayers, with government officials taking part in the event.
Alem Churajean, the secretary-general of a committee for Ban Dan Load Mosque, was pleased to see so many people visiting the mosque in Tamot district of Phatthalung province on Sunday morning. Many of them had returned to the district from work in Malaysia, he said, in order to stay with their family on one of the most important days in the Islamic calendar.
"That shows the love, unity and care of local people here," he said.
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