Eid Mubarak

Ramadhan is about to end, which means Idul Fitri (Eid Mubarak) or Lebaran is coming to

town. In this moment, we exchange apologies and forgiveness. Weembrace or shake hands with

husband or wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, employers and employees, old and

new friends and even sometimes with strangers. Annually,I always wonder why we dothisand

what difference in life it will bring just by simply saying “Please forgive me”andthenreplaying

“Yes, please forgive me too” to each other, without having knowing what your mistake exactly

is.

One day in Lebaran was expected to be a day of soul purification from sins, butIthenin

few hours the adults started scolding again. That’s exactly what makes me (anaphoric) doubt the

value of having such a tradition. It’s as if you can just sin whenever you desire for the whole year

and seem to really care about whether or not their (anaphoric) actions hurt others, traumatize

others or inflict damage. And very rarely do people even realize thatthey (anaphoric) are making

mistakes and hurting others. All that matters to them is asking for forgiveness.

Thetradition, nonetheless, has mutilated the sanctity of apologizingandforgiving. Through

social pressure, itmakes peopleapologizeandforgive while masked in fake smilesandinsincere

words.It violates human dignity by promoting the quick-and-easy route. It doesn’t appreciate

process, despiteknowing that is it through slow and deep processes that people become truly

human. Beforeapologizing, we initially should realize the wrong done and thenI admit it.

Although imperfection is human, thatdoesn’t justify committing harm against others. Therefore,

we apologize. We apologize not to be set free from guilt, but because we want to be a
betterperson let go for our ego. In the end, we promise ourselves not to repeat the same

mistakeandwe try ourbest to fulfill this ambition.

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yellow = personal reference
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green = possessive
reference green : Conjunction
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Pink = Subtitution teal : Rudimentary (list)
pink = adverbial
Grey = synonym yellow : Reference:
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