I turned into a child for a couple of days, buying different sweets, setting for hours listening to music and watching men dancing in squares. My favorite part about Mawlid is buying candy and consuming it with my loved ones. There are many types of candy like Folia (made of peanuts), Fostokia (made of Pistachio), Lozia (made of almond) and Semsemia (made of sesame).
The celebration of the Prophet's birth in Sudan is a tradition that people had habituated upon over years and years in a manner that calls for the need of religious tolerance among the various Islamic groups, and the rejection of violence and extremism that began to spread their heads between the Sufis who set up their pavilions and tents, and the supporters of the religious Sunni hardliners who have started in recent years in erecting marquees in the squares of the celebration.
In addition to the religious celebration, there are those who take advantage of these celebrations to earn their living by selling sweets and candies as a basic aspect of celebration and bringing joy and pleasure. Furthermore it is an occasion where people of different ages and walks of life to achieve their happiness, from the parade to eating the soup to the candy for children, and brings them to the celebration memory of the birth of the Holy Prophet. I also think it has a positive effect on non-Muslims because it reflect the beautiful aspect of our religion. I only wish it receives more western media attention to erase the false imagine of Islam which portrays us as Jihadists and extremists for the rest of the world.
