Home Eid sweets are annual traditions present on the tables of Suwayda and Lattakia.

Many shapes and types of Eid sweets, the women used to make them at home in Al-Suwayda, to be present for the hospitality and for the family, especially children.

The homemade Eid sweets has become a necessary annual tradition and social heritage in Al-Suwayda, especially today, as buying them from the market is very expensive.

Days before Eid, Abeer made all kinds of al-Mamoul (dates, pistachios and nuts), with umm Omar, in a good quantities, Whereas, they found in homemade Eid sweets, the cleanliness, abundance and the ability to control the quantity and quality of the materials used.

According to Umm Sham, the homemade Eid sweets is to bring joy and pleasure to her family members, she made sure to prepare Ma’amoul, Petefour and biscuits filled with almonds this Eid, Regardless of its costs, and that makes Umm Sham feel comfortable because she used to reduce sugar as much as possible.

The homemade Eid sweets is a habit that Al-Suwayda women aacquire it from mothers, and prepararing the sweets creates a beautiful atmosphere in the home, especially with the children. This is what the bride Nour Naeem did in her new home, where she prepared many types of dry sweets, such as betifor, mamoul and hareseh, jointly with her husband’s sisters, in order to secure a special hospitality for the limited visitors due to the conditions of the spread of the Corona virus.

In Lattakia, families are keen on making a variety of traditional Eid sweets to celebrate this special occasion like Maamoul with its various types, fillings, date tablets, and Eid cakes, In the continuity of traditions that they inherited from grandparents.

the Corona virus imposes very hard conditions especially in increasing raw materials prices, but the women in Latakia always find a way to make Eid Sweets, and this is chance to revive some traditions which was absent from homes, that is what Amira’s said. Amira is professional Eid sweets decorations and designs, she was gathering with her family at one table to make dessert and staying up all night in an atmosphere of joy, the children were sitting around mothers to taste the cakes, which its delicious smell filled the room. But this time, the Eid is a little different, they had to stay home for their safety.

Rola Hmeisha finds great pleasure in preparing the ma’amoul, she prepares it from flour, sugar, and ghee, and she stuffed it with walnut or any other type of nuts or raha in small circular shapes or sometimes in rectangular shapes. Sprinkle with fine sugar or cooked sugar or Al Natef when they served.

We must adhere to infection prevention instruction by routine cleaning, avoid gathering and wearing medical muzzle.

Lara Khouli