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DUNGUN, 22 Mei -- Dua kontraktor Ahmad Shazni Abdul Wahid (kanan) dan Mohd Azlen Gaazali memasukan bola bunga api bersaiz enam inci ke dalam lubang khas untuk tujuan tembakan bedil sebagai isyarat istimewa yang memaklumkan waktu berbuka bagi umat Islamdi Arena Square, semalam.Bermula 1 Ramadan lalu, Majlis Perbandaran Dungun buat kali pertama tahun ini, melakukan tembakan bedil ketika masuk waktu berbuka puasa sepanjang bulan mulia itu.Bunyi letupan boleh didengari penduduk sekitar pada jarak sehingga tujuh kilometer radius dari lokasi pelepasan bedil di Arena Square.Selain waktu berbuka puasa, tembakan bedil juga dibunyikan sebanyak tujuh kali sebaik sahaja selepas pengumuman hari pertama berpuasa dan tujuh pada malam menjelang Syawal nanti.-- fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

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Contractors Mohd Azlen Gaazali (left) and Ahmad Shazni Abdul Wahid lowering a 16.24mm spherical-shaped firework into a hole to create a cannon shot as a ‘special signal’ to inform Muslims of the breaking of fast time at Islamdi Arena Square on Monday evening. The Dungun Municipal Council started using the cannon shot for the first time for the entire month of Ramadan. The explosion can be heard within a 7km radius. The cannon shot was fired seven times to mark the start of the first day of fasting and will be done so again on the eve of Hari Raya Aidifitri. — Bernama

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