Iftar Cannon

The Iftar Cannon (Madfa al-ifṭār, Arabic: مدفع الافطار, literally "cannon for breaking the fast") is a long-held tradition that began in Egypt and spread to all Ottoman Empire. Every evening upon the Maghrib adhan (sunset call to prayer), a cannon would fire a single shot to notify people of the start of Iftar in Ramadan, when Muslims get to break their day-long fasting as the sun sets.

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