Traditions are symbolic, there is a story behind each custom that is practiced on a day like Eid. When the world faces a crisis, we cope in ways we can and in the process of coping, life becomes much simpler when our instinct is to survive, to focus only on what we need rather than what we want. This Eid, we needed to keep the stories alive, the spirit alive. We needed to understand what the purpose of this beautiful day is.
