Iftar Muslim-majority states: (Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Crimea, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan). In Moscow and Kiev, it has become a tradition to open Ramadan Tent, a public iftar event organised by Russia's Mufti Council and Ukraine's Religious Administration of Muslims. In Dagestan, Muslims gather in Makhachkala Central Juma Mosque to break their fast and pray taraweeh prayers. Dates and fruits are preferred to break the fast, followed by soup, bread, and different local delicacies such as beşbarmaq, kurze and others. It is widely believed that Russian and Ukrainian traditional drink kvass is very good to quell the thirst. In Singapore,
Ramadan (calendar month) moon travels the same path all year round and when the moon is seen in the east, it is then seen traveling towards the west. All the countries around the world see the moon within a 24-hour period once spotted by one country in the east. Each year, Ramadan begins about eleven days earlier than in the previous year. Astronomical projections that approximate the start of Ramadan are available. 33 Islamic years are approximately equal to 32 tropical years, with six days over. Ramadan is observed by Muslims during the entire lunar month by the same name. The month of