Write about a few of your favorite family traditions

• FIRST, I don't use the word "favorite family" traditions cause we mostly just gathering and having meal together. We do local traditions and other traditions that are rooted from our religion.
  
  
• LOCAL TRADITIONS
  ~ Independence Day
  An event in 17 August
  Purpose: remembering our Independence day
  What we do: attending morning walk event, exchanging gift
  ~ Islamic New Year
  An event in 1 Muharram Hijri Calendar
  Purpose: celebrating Islamic New Year when Muhammad did Hijrah
  What we do: having meal together.
  ~ Chinese New Year
  An event in 一月 (yī yuè) Chinese Lunar Calendar
  Purpose: keep up good relationship between family
  What we do: meeting up with family, having meal together, sharing red envelope.
  ~ Firing Carbide Cannon
  A unique tradition in a city called Pontianak. The cannon was used by Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Al Kadrie to scare ghost (kuntilanak) away as they bothered his people to build Masjid Jami' and Kadriyah Palace near Kapuas river.
  Purpose: as a sign of important day in Islam such as Ramadan, Eid, etc.
  What we do: playing with carbide cannon at Kapuas riverbank, firing the cannon which aimed to the sky.
  
  
• RELIGIOUS/ISLAMIC TRADITIONS
  ~ Family gathering in Eid al-Fitr
  An event in Eid al-Fitr day 1 Shawal after shalat Eid
  Purpose: keep good relationship between family
  What we do: meeting up with family, having meal together, chitchat with family
  ~ Qurban for Eid al-Adha
  An event for Eid al-Adha day 10 Dzulhijah after shalat Eid
  Purpose: day for qurban (sacrifice), remembering the sacrifice of prophet Ismail son of Ibrahim
  What we do: sacrificing animals (cow, goat, etc) in the name of Allah, sharing the meat to the needy and between muslims
  ~ Isra' Mi'raj remembrance
  The history when Muhammad went travelling from Masjidil Haram to Masjidil Aqsa and then to Sidratul Muntaha (Seventh Heaven)
  Purpose: remembering the history when prophet Muhammad travel to Seventh Heaven
  What we do: gathering in masjid, getting educated about the history, meeting up with other muslims
  ~ Iftar gathering in Ramadan
  Iftar is a name of breaking our fast
  Purpose: keep good relationship between muslims
  What we do: waiting for the time to break our fast, having meal together after breaking our fast, praying tarawih
  ~ Neighbor's weekly gathering
  It is a local tradition in my area where the leader hold an event for Qur'an recitation, sending prayer to our muslim brother and sister, help the needy in our capacity, and have a meal together as a form of sadaqah (charity).
  Purpose: keep good relationship between neighbors
  What we do: reciting Qur'an, helping the needy, having meal together