Ramadan in Europe – A Youtube Essay IV: Eat, Pray, Fast
Iftar is the meal with which the fasting is broken. See for example Ukraine:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIiozXJ7-fY]
The iftar is often enjoyed among family and friends as in the next example from Italy:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qi1YJR-cy4]
Europe nowadays has a tradition of public iftars in which also people from other faiths are invited. For example in Ludwigsburger, Germany:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB9PsKRZxEI]
Vienna has a youth seminar where young Muslims from all kinds of backgrounds break the fasting together.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrFsG0BrKVM]
Funny and interesting is this iftar flashmob in Leicester, UK:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ra_k_KH4s]
And also look at the Ramadan speed dating in France
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugowwQcgZIo]