Cerita Hari Raya: Kenangan Manis & Cerita Raya Dulu-dulu

Masa aku budak-budak dulu, sekitar usia 7-12 tahun, bulan Ramadhan jatuh sekitar bulan Julai setiap tahun. Kalau aku tengok kalander masa zaman tu, bulan August ialah bulan Syawal. Masa berlalu mengikut perubahan alam dan kini Ramadhan dan Syawal berputar dan aku difahamkan setiap 30 tahun bulan-bulan Islam ini akan kembali sebagaimana aku rasai berhari raya di bulan Julai di zaman itu. So kalau tahun ini kita berhari raya pada bulan October, kita akan berhari raya di bulan yang sama kira-kira 30 tahun lagi. Wallahuaklam.

Masa zaman budak-budak belum akal baligh tu, aku puasa juga tapi puasa hari pertama jer la, hari-hari seterusnya aku puasa pagi tengahari dah berbuka masa takde orang di rumah, sehinggalah menjelang hari raya. Sebab dah dirasuah kalau puasa dapat duit raya. OK la tu budak-budak, masa berbuka puasa berbuka sama-sama dengan orang yang berpuasa. Hek eleh hari ni pun ramai yang macam tu.

Setiap malam gi tarawih tak cukup rakaat, biasa lah budak-budak. Abis setiap 2 rakaat bila bilal baca salawat, bebudak macam aku inilah yang menyambut salawat dengan meriah. Masa ni cari surau yang tok imam yang paling laju. Lagi laju tok imam, lagi lah best sebab cepat habis dan balik boleh main mercun.

Zaman aku dulu, mercun masih lagi legal dan tak macam sekarang. Harga punmurah-murah sebab takde kawalan kerajaan. Cerita pun 30 tahun punya cerita, memang la murah kalau nak dibandingkan. Seingat-ingat aku masa tu ada bunga api yang ada gambar kucing di depannya, hari ni aku cari-cari tak pula jumpa. Memang nostalgia sungguh kui kui kui..

Ada satu jenis mercun ni, kita orang modified sendiri dengan menggunakan plug motor. Di tempat aku namanya mercun plug. Tempat lain aku tak tahu nama apa. Plug motor ni, kita buang bahagian atas yang keluarkan spark tu. Kemudian cari screw besar yang muat dengan lubang plug tadi. Ikat screw dengan tali, dan ikat hujung tali satu lagi pada body plug.
Masukkan belerang, tutup plug dengan screw dan lambung ke langit. Bunyinya “poooom” .. mau kena hambat. Biasalah budak-budak. Tahun-tahun kebelakangan ni memang dah tak nampak ada bebudak main mercun plug ni.. koman betul la.. haha.

Satu lagi benda yang menjadi lambang Aidulfitri ialah card raya. Masa tu memang menjadi satu tradisi menghantar card raya ni. Mana ada SMS raya, email raya semua macam hari ni. Zaman dah terlalu maju, abis hilang tradisi.. Masa tu card raya ni sebenarnya dihantar untuk menyampaikan ucapan hari raya kepada kawan-kawan yang jauh (dan kawan sekelas), saudara mara dan yang pentingnya untuk diberikan kepada cikgu-cikgu.

Pecah kaca pecah gelas,
Sudah baca harap balas.
Agak-agak budak-budak hari ni tau ka pantun card raya kat atas?Zaman berlalu, semakin hari semakin mengikis tradisi, tapi tak ikut perkembangan nanti kena tinggal dek bas. Ko guano demo..Baju raya zaman aku tak la secantik baju raya skrang. Baju Melayu kain cotton(?), kalau baju maa aku pulak baju kurung sebijik macam kain langsir, kurang pilihan. dah ler mahal, kalau yg murah2 tuh sorry ler nak dapat yg elok... ermmm zaman dah berubah dunia dah maju

Seluar dan baju murah-murah punya harga, kalau beli kat town Kota Bharu tu, silap-silap boleh jumpa orang lain yang pakai baju yang sama dengan kita. Nak bergaya siapalah aku ni, bukanler anak menteri Nik Aziz. Kalau yang mempunyai adik beradik yang ramai, boleh tengok lah sederet budak-budak boria kui kui kui.. Bila tiba hari raya, tradisi bersalaman memohon maaf dan sembahyang raya alhamdulillah masih kekal sampai hari ini. Cuma satu jer yang terdetik, bila tengok orang lain bersalaman dengan ayah mereka. So sad..Hari raya macam biasalah, dapat duit raya dan jumpa sepupu-sepapat yang duduk jauh-jauh pulang ke kampung. Dua puluh sen, lima puluh sen dah cukup besar tu. Hari ni masa dah berlalu, aku pulak yang kena bagi duit raya. Lima puluh sen? Sorry lah.. hehehe
seringgit pun dah kena complaint...

Kadang-kadang aku terfikir, bagaimana sambutan Aidilfitri 30 tahun akan datang..

Independent record labels

Main article: Independent record label

Independent labels have a long history of promoting developments in popular music, stretching back to the post-war period in the United States, with labels such as Sun Records.^[1]

In the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s, the major record companies had so much power that independent labels struggled to become established. Several British producers and artists launched independent labels as outlets for their work and artists they liked, but the majority failed as commercial ventures or were swallowed up by the majors.^[1]

The punk rock era saw a plethora of independent labels.^[1] The UK Indie Chart, was first compiled in 1980, and independent distribution became better organized from the late 1970s onwards.^[2]

Cultural and philosophical attributes of indie

Main article: Indie (culture)

There are a number of cultural and philosophical traits which could be more useful in pinpointing what indie music is about than specific musical styles or commercial ownership. Indie artists are concerned more with self-expression than commercial considerations (though, again, this is a stance that is affected by many artists, including hugely commercially successful ones). A do-it-yourself sensibility, which originated with punk in the 1970s, is often associated with indie, with people in the scene being involved in bands, labels, nights and zines. Indie often has an internationalist outlook, which stems from a sense of solidarity with other fans, bands and labels in other countries who share one's particular sensibilities; small indie labels often distribute records for similar labels from abroad, and indie bands often go on self-funded tours of other cities and countries, where those in the local indie scenes invariably help organize gigs and often provide accommodation and other support. In addition, there is also a strong sense of camaraderie that emerges from a selflessness among indie bands and often results in collaborations and joint tours.

Indie artists of any particular time often go against the prevailing trends (for example, the twee pop movement that started in the 1980s was a reaction against the testosterone-fueled swagger of rock). A 'lo-fi' aesthetic (i.e., an often deliberate lack of polish and a more "authentic" roughness and imperfection) has often been associated with indie, particularly when slick, polished recordings were the preserve of the commercial music industry; this line has since become blurred, in a world where high-quality recordings can be made increasingly easily with inexpensive computer-based recording systems and where commercial production teams often deliberately utilize a "lo-fi" sound.