Monday, October 06, 2008
Then, I poured the aying asah-asahan (water mixed with scented wood) on my father’s grave as well as on the graves of his parents, brothers, and sisters. The ritual is followed by my wife and my two children.
The following photo shows my son and my daughter are pouring the aying asah-asahan. Actually, this is not my father’s grave. They are pouring the extra aying asah-asahan on other people’s graves, after they have poured aying asah-asahan to their late grandfather and his late family. Just, to do a good deed to the others.
p/s: I forgot to reset my camera setting. The above photo is taken at ISO1600 (it should be ISO100), in the bright sunny afternoon. Af first, it is very overexposed. Then, I adjusted the photos using DPP software.
(Photo: Abdul Rashid Haji Tahir. Taken on 4 October 2008)
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Around the grave of my wife’s late grandmother, the Surah Yassin and tahlil prayer are recited for her. Then, aying asah-asahan (water mixed with scented wood) is poured over her grave. Lastly, the children (including the “big children”) received sadaqah in the form of money gift, in which its pahala (rewards for good deed) is intended to be given to the departed one.
Burn the dry leaves
This is not Seasons' Iced Peach Tea drink. It is aying asah-asahan. Usually, we use any drink bottle to put the aying asah-asahan. 
The incenses or 'kemenyan'
One type of flower that can be found at the gravesite
The smoke is to move the mosquitoes away
More flowers at the gravesite
Abstract photo of the flowers at the gravesite
My daughter (pink headscarf) with her cousin (black headscarf)
Time to give (and receive) the sadaqah
(Photos: Abdul Rashid Haji Tahir. Taken on 19 September 2008)
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