00:57India: Cannon blast marks the breaking of Iftar in Raisen
Habitants of Raisen city in Madhya Pradesh carried on a nearly 200-year-old tradition on Monday by firing a cannon over the city before breaking fast on Ramadan.
The Muslims of the Raisen and nearby villages begin and end the fast in the month of Ramadan with the blast of cannon. The firing of the cannon is a daily event during the holy month.
The blast of the cannon alerts the citizens to the sehri, a meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting in Ramadan. Later, in the evening, people break their fast only after they hear the second blast of the day.
00:57Habitants of Raisen city in Madhya Pradesh carried on a nearly 200-year-old tradition on Monday by firing a cannon over the city before breaking fast on Ramadan.
The Muslims of the Raisen and nearby villages begin and end the fast in the month of Ramadan with the blast of cannon. The firing of the cannon is a daily event during the holy month.
The blast of the cannon alerts the citizens to the sehri, a meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting in Ramadan. Later, in the evening, people break their fast only after they hear the second blast of the day.