(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eid al-Adha starts in the northeastern city of Hasaka with “Allah Akbar" praises coming from mosques, while children and men go to visit graveyards, and other men prepare sacrificial sheep to slaughter as main aspect of Eid al-Adha.
Markets were busy in Hasaka city a day before Eid, but the North countryside witnessed less movement in market due to late salaries, beside high prices of food, sweet an clothes.
Salem, a teacher said to Zaman Al Wasl that he has not been paid his salary yet and most employees like him, which has affected the trade movement in markets compared to other years.
Salem added that the price of sugar has affected making the Eid- unique sweet of Kalija, even if people managed to prepare the kalija dough, they were not able to bake it due to electricity cut-off.
The teacher added that exchange offices were overcrowded as people wanted to receive money from their relatives abroad, as without this money, no one would be able to buy anything, and market would close.
In regard to soaring prices, Abo Ahmed from Qamishli said “I am an employee, my salary 35,000 Syrian pound, I used to buy new clothes for my 3 girls and the boy, this year I was not able to buy then new clothes as the cost for clothes for a young man reaches to SYP 10,000 and young woman about SYP15,000, therefore, I would need about SYP 55,000 , therefore I decided not to buy new clothes, and limit the Eid spending to sweet and food.”
However, he explained that sweets are expensive as well, as the price of one kilogram of ordinary quality sweet exceeds SYP1,000 while the Turkish delights reaches to SYP500 for a kilogram for plain kind, while the stuffed one with nuts costs SYP1500.
Abo Ali on Ras al-Ain commented: “children feel Eid with their new clothes, I bought then new clothes from second hand shop, but the eldest son refused to wear second hand clothes, so I bought his only a blouse for SYP2000.
Abo Ali mentioned that everything has become expensive, candy cost 800-1500 Syrian pounds or one kilogram, and biscuit cost SYP1000.
In regard to Kalija, the sweet unique for Eid al-Adha in Hasaka, it is dough made of flour with sugar and ghee or oil, added to it special spices like Anise, cinnamon, cloves, Hill, fennel, nutmeg. However, because it needs big amount of sugar and it is not available, people started buying it from market, because it is cheaper, but definitely not as delicious as home-made, Nadia Ibrahim, from Ras al-Ain said.
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