Close ties: This Hari Raya will be different for Hafizudin (left) and family without his father who passed away earlier this year.
IPOH: With interstate travel not allowed, many are trying their best to make the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration as meaningful as possible according to the new norm.
Those whom The Star spoke to said they, however, still pin hopes that things would be better soon.
A teacher, who wished to be identified as Nur, said with the interstate travel ban still in place, it was a sign for her family to not overspend.
“It will be a modest celebration. I used to get brand new clothes for my children to wear on the first day of Aidilfitri but I have not done so since last year.