Okay purely anecdotal: For Brunei Muslim-Malay families who don’t need to visit family in other countries, it’s possible for our Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations to be spent completely within the country. In which case, getting to another part of the country will take at most 3 hours’ drive by car. And we don’t just visit close family, we’ll visit friends, distant relatives, work colleagues, as long as they’ve indicated their house is “open” - and maybe even when they haven’t. 👀 Hence it’s not difficult to visit a bunch of homes within the first week of Hari Raya or on the weekends in the Islamic month of Syawal.
(If the anecdotal nature of that paragraph bothered you, please drop me a message if you have any sources to add on this topic.)
As a kid, I went through years where my family would visit 5-10 houses just on that first day of Syawal. My personal record was 13 houses, if I recall correctly. I don’t have to visit so many anymore, but it’s interesting to me how this varies for different households.
This is a pretty casual, if somewhat systematic, survey.
I’d like to find out the trends in 2026 for people who celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Brunei in how many houses they visit on a day-by-day basis.
It’s simple and there’s no other objective really. I’m aware there can be different ways to interpret the data outcomes. But I’m just an individual doing this survey for fun in her free time and using her limited Instagram network, so eh. (If you’re interested in trying out a different approach or premise, please do! Please mention mine k 🙂)