Magnificent Eid Gathering
MAS-SSF held a successful and extremely exciting Eid-ul-Adha celebration!
Over 600 community members attended as families enjoyed international music, delicious food, live Qawwali music, and Arabic and Afghan Music hosted by a DJ.
This was most likely the largest indoor celebration for Eid in the region. The event was held at the Citrus Heights Community Center on Friday, July 22, 2022.
MAS-SSF is a professional non-profit that addresses serious community needs and have been keeping families together and honoring wellness and diversity in the Sacramento region for 15 years.
Here are a few more details and highlights about the Eid Celebrating Event:
- Over 600 people in attendance, which includes pre-registered and Walk-ins
- The event started with a special networking event to encourage MAS-SSF to learn about the most updated programs and services, meet with staff and stay for the evening Eid program.
- MAS-SSF Executive Director Gulshan Yusufzai invited Tamer Ahmed, Executive Committee President, to welcome everyone and returned with Eid greetings and presented a brief overview of the MAS-SSF programs and how each of the MAS-SSF programs are designed to support the immigrant and refugee community to receive services in a culturally congruent manner.
- A multi-ethnic crowd of established and existing Sacramento Muslim families was present, and they had the opportunity to mingle with many newcomer refugees, mainly from Afghanistan
- Participants were encouraged to wear their best Eid clothes and celebrate. Many children came dressed in their best ethnic attire, adding to the brightness of the Eid celebration.
- Sukhawat Ali Khan and his band presented live music and Qawwali.
- Ten gift cards worth $50 were provided to winners for a survey raffle.
- The languages spoken on stage were English, Arabic, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, and Urdu to celebrate and acknowledge the beautiful diversity of our community.
We hope all our participants had a wonderful time and were able to enjoy the event with their beloved families and friends, and we hope to have more join us next time.
