Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As Ramadan 2019 draws to a close, many British Muslim reach the culmination of a month of fasting during daylight hours. But that doesn't mean that food is forgotten. On the contrary... In this programme, food writer Yasmin Khan celebrates the social, cultural and culinary rituals of Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamic calendar. She speaks to comedian Tez Ilyas about celebrations with family and friends and a very memorable 'Happy Eid cake'. And in Bristol, Yasmin joins thousands of people coming together for a 'Grand Iftar', a vast street party of Muslims and non-Muslims, who have come together to share a meal with their neighbours once the sun goes down.

Presented by Yasmin Khan Produced by Clare Salisbury

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.
0:04.7	So what does it mean for you?
0:06.7	Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points, the ones that you want to know more about.
0:12.4	With our book of contacts, we talk directly to the people you want to hear from.
0:16.8	And with help from some of the best BBC journalists,
0:19.5	we'll untangle the stories that matter to you.
0:23.0	Join me, Laura Kunsberg, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason and Patty O'Connell for our daily
0:28.4	podcast.
0:29.4	Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds,
0:33.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:38.0	If everyone could start to take their seats as soon as possible.
0:45.0	I'm in Eastern, in Bristol, and I'm here for a very special occasion.
0:51.0	There is a grand Iftar tonight where thousands of Muslims and
0:56.4	non-Muslims are coming together to break fast at sunset. It's the month of Ramadan,
1:02.4	the most holy month in the Islamic calendar when you
1:06.7	know the 1.2 billion Muslims all around the globe fast from sunrise till sunset and I really wanted to do a program about Ramadan
1:17.1	because I feel that for non-Muslims the idea of Ramadan I think sometimes can
1:22.3	seem as if it's just about like deprivation.
1:25.0	Whereas actually if you're from a Muslim community, you know that actually you get so much from the
1:29.5	experience of fasting and family and community that actually it's not about depriving you of
1:37.4	anything. Everybody's just about to start eating together now but before we go and join them I'm going to take you back to the
1:44.9	beginning of the day where Muslims get up very early at this time of year to eat their
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.