Killing Time before Ifthar with Fatih Bilingual School

In Ramadan, killing time before maghrib or well-known as ngabuburit is becoming a habit of Indonesian people during Ramadhan. Different from previous years, all activities are carried out online to ensure that everyone has to stay at home, including work and study due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Various agendas were made by the community and the community to make the atmosphere of Ramadan still pleasant even though everything was done from home without ngabuburit with colleagues, friends, and relatives.

Fatih Bilingual School’s family held an online ngabuburit event on May 10, 2020, from 5 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. using the zoom platform and followed by teachers, staff, and its employees. The events consisted of opening, reading the Qur’an, greeting by the leaders of FBS, games, and sharing about the impressions of working at FBS. This event was closed with a prayer and breaking fast.

Not only online ngabuburit with teachers and staff, but Fatih Bilingual School also held an online ngabuburit for FBS alumni who were divided into 4 events; on May 16 for batch 2017, 2018 and 2019, on May 17 for batch 2014, 2015 and 2016, on May 20 for batch 2011, 2012 and 2013 and on May 21 batch 2008, 2009, 2010. This event was filled with various series of agendas such as reading the Quran, greetings, games, and sharing sessions which started at 4:30 p.m. until 6:45 p.m.

The alumni said that they were ecstatic with this event because they could keep in touch with seniors, juniors. The alumni also said that they were very grateful for this event because it could be met with friends all around the world, so they could discuss and share experiences through this moment.

The FBS claimed that the purpose of this event was to keep in touch with the FBS’s family during this pandemic and it was impossible to hold the same event as in previous years. This event was also held to fully support the government’s call to carry out all activities from home and online.