There is a total of about 7 billion people living on our earth and a full 22% of them - 1.6 billion - are Muslims and are fasting from sunup to sundown, every day, for an entire month of the Ramadan that started this week-end. Usually Saturdays and especially Sundays are busy in this area with loads of car and motor bike traffic, as well as people in the restaurants all the day. But this week-end I found it unusually calm and hardly any traffic, with many restaurants closed during the day. But at sunset life comes back and the restaurants open, as the Muslims can then eat and drink (no alcohol) and they make up for it in a sense that obesity is a problem here.
However, I have noticed that many restaurants keep a small door open during the day, so I went to check it out. What happen is that people enter through that small door and sneak in to eat, as the restaurant is producing the food as usual. So much for the fasting Ramadan. But people need to eat to be able to work, I guess.
However, I have noticed that many restaurants keep a small door open during the day, so I went to check it out. What happen is that people enter through that small door and sneak in to eat, as the restaurant is producing the food as usual. So much for the fasting Ramadan. But people need to eat to be able to work, I guess.
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