Middle Eastern cuisine becomes a banquet, with exchanges of invitations between kin and friends, and public banquets held by charities and associations. Cafes and pastry shops are open at night, and a carnival atmosphere prevails in the streets. Many Muslims, following the reported example of Muhammad, break their fast with a date, followed by a variety of dishes. Sweet pastries and puddings are always present on Ramadan nights everywhere. The end of Ramadan is marked by a festival, Id 'al-Fitr, a feast that breaks the fast, during which a great quantity and variety of sweets and pastries are consumed. The other major Muslim
Antillean fruit-eating bat two bat-mite species (Labidocarpidae). These bats feed in the canopy of the forest and in the ground. The Antillean fruit-eating bat moves out from the roost synchronically one hour after sunset and 20 minutes after the Jamaican fruit bat ("Artibeus jamaicensis"). This synchronization is also evident when returning to the roosts, which happens just before the break of dawn. Antillean fruit-eating bat The Antillean fruit-eating bat ("Brachyphylla cavernarum") is one of two leaf-nosed bat species belonging to the genus "Brachyphylla". The species occurs in the Caribbean from Puerto Rico to St. Vincent and Barbados. Fossil specimens have also been recorded