Mehmet, why is it called Sugar Festival?
Well, that’s good question. Another name for that festival is “Ramazan Bayrami.” In Arabic it is called “Id-ul Fitr.” To tell you the truth, I really don’t know why it is called Sugar Festival, but I think since sweet things, candies and chocolates are offered during the visits and it is wished to have sweet things during the festival and afterwards it’s called the “Sugar Festival.” Sugar in Turkish is “seker”and Sugar Festival is “Seker Bayrami.” Mehmet, are the shops going to be open during the festival? I especially want to know if the shops in the alley will be open during the Sugar festival? As I mentioned above, the first day of the festival, Sept. 8, is the most active day of the festival. All the shops will be closed on that day although some shops will be open after the first day. Mehmet, we visited a Turkish friend’s house the other day. The children of the family came and kissed the hand of my wife and I. That was neat. But more interesting than that they put our hands on th
