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Given the importance of Ramadan, some offices start early or reduce office hours; therefore, the employees could go home early. Interestingly, though, Indonesians prefer to spend their time before fast-breaking time outside the house, engaging in ngabuburit<\/em> while waiting for the call to Maghrib prayer (Shalat Maghrib), and the time to break\u00a0their\u00a0fast.<\/p>\n image: Tanti Ruwani\/flickr\/all creative commons<\/p>\n Ngabuburit<\/em> is originally a Sundanese word, which means to\u00a0seek amusement and distractions from hunger and thirst while waiting for the\u00a0day’s fast to end at dusk, which\u00a0has become a tradition in Indonesia; the word itself has officially become Indonesian vocabulary in the Great Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI). An individual or group can engage in ngabuburit<\/em>,\u00a0which typically involves activities such as watching TV at home, going out driving, walking, strolling at the mall, or reciting the Quran at the mosque (membaca Al Quran di masjid). For those who go in a group, they usually break their fast (berbuka puasa) at an eatery or a restaurant, and afterward, they have a Maghrib and Tarawih prayers in a congregation.<\/p>\n image: KBBIonline.com<\/p>\n For businesses, ngabuburit means profits and increased sales as businesses use it as a marketing gimmick; various kinds of programs are organized to lure potential buyers to spend their time and money while waiting for bedug (one of the drums used in a mosque to notice about the time of prayer or worship), causing\u00a0them\u00a0to\u00a0break their fast at the shopping centers.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n