by Zaynah Gilani
A week before Eid, I started recieving messages of eid greetings in advance from the girls in Swat. It seemed like a competition of who would send the most number of messages. Questions about which animals would be sacrificed and what clothes would be worn, was constantly being exchanged. The designs of Mehndi(henna) to be put on the hands was also being discussed.
On the first day of Eid, I am greeted with a string of text messages from these girls, thrilled to wish someone.
Romana says her Eid is incomplete without her relatives, who are residing in Swat and she cannot meet them. She says the results of her school exams are here but she is not satisfied with them and promises to top the board. She says her dress is yellow and thinks its very sweet of me to ask her about her activities.
Nazli, on the other hand, wore a velvet dress and said she made a long shirt like the ones she saw us wearing during the retreat. She also said that they found a one rupee coin in the stomach of the buffalo they sacrificed.
The rest of the girls just gave eid greetings and were busy visiting their relatives, and enjoying celebrating the festivities.
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