The third meal (sahur) is traditionally eaten before the cock crows, that is before first daylight. It is considered to be the heaviest meal to prepare the person for the day-long fasting. In general, it could be said that the practice of Ramazan meals is like turning one’s usual life style upside down – eating instead of sleeping or fasting instead of eating. However, it is not possible to change completely to this different system as it was formulated in the old days because today’s working hours do not allow any time for sleeping during the day. Moreover, as mentioned above, most people combine the evening meal and the dinner, particularly if Ramazan falls in a period of the year when daylight hours are fewer. Then sometimes people skip the sahur meal before daybreak.

WHERE ARE THE OLD RAMAZANS?
Because the time and place factors of Ramazan are changing, people often ask, “What happened to the old Ramazans?”.