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Breaking the fast in Pattani

Posted date:  September 26, 2009

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I happened to be in Pattani, one of Thailand’s most Muslim cities, during Ramadan. I had read about the post-fasting markets held in Muslim countries during this holiday, and after talking to a few motorcycle taxi drivers, learned that was a large one held not far from Pattani’s central mosque:

There was a huge amount of hungry people and interesting food. The latter ran the gamut from traditional Muslim items such as roti:

and dates, a traditional fast-breaking food:

to more local foods, such as southern-style Muslim curries (shown at the top of this post) and khanom kho:

impossibly soft pillows of rice flour encasing a crunchy cube of sugarcane. There was a popular vendor selling buffalo stew:

identified by its strong smell, not to mention the carefully-displayed tell-tale hooves and horn. And of course, several vendors selling the ubiquitous khao yam:

By the time it started to get dark, much of the food was virtually sold out and the crowds were already thin, with most folks presumably on their way home with the day’s meal.