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Originally Posted by bint
Hey yall ramadan mubarak!! I am a muslim... so i will try to answer your queries if you have any... so in my country (Pakistan) the fast in nearly 15 to 16 hours long... and its summer holiday here... so i guess its a little bit easier this year... so ramadan is the 8th month of muslim calendar based on the moons phases so its a moving event...so we fast from dawn till sunset... during that time no food or water nor any negative or sexual activity is allowed... no cursing or anything like that...so begore dawn we have a healthy breakfast and alot water so that we dont get easily dehydrated during the day... its so much fun honestly... because after aftaar( meal when we break our fast) we get to rest for an hour and then we have night prayer... its called taraveeh... its extra 20 cycles of prayer only prayed in ramadan after the usual esha prayer which we offer at night all round the year... after that kids go play outside because nights are pretty short so its hard wake up again before the dawn so people sleep after dawn usually during summer ramadan.... when ramadan ends the new month shawwaal starts... the first three days of shawwaal are known as eid ul fitr... On eid elders give us money as gift and sweets... there are soo many feasts in our families... we meet our friends... and ecxhange gifts... i guess you can get the gist of it... and here is a link... if you watch it you will understand abit more bout ramadan...
.... and i will try to answer the questions about ramadan if anyone has them... 
Peace
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so why do you do it.
what's the purpose behind it
and why is it only certain times of a day- i don't understand how if tyou're fasting, you can still eat breakfast before and a meal after
how do you cope in the heat during the day with nothing to eat or drink?