Janadriyah Festival 2012 part.1
(Traditional poetry from Baha)
(Traditional dancing of Baha)
(Poetry)
(Saudi girls know how to have fun too)
(A man heating up a duff drum over the fire)
(Everyone was having a great time)
This is the third year my family and I have been to the Janadriyah Festival. We truly enjoy it and look forward to going yearly. The festival is a great way for Saudis and non-Saudis to learn more about the culture of various regions around the country. As you go through the festival you will find setups built like a particular region along with foods, shops, singing and dancing as they may do. Also every year Saudi hosts a country to come to the festival to teach more about their country. The first year we went it was France, last year it was Japan and this year was Korea.
We waited in line forever to see the Korea exhibit and I was a bit disappointed that we waited so long for what seemed to not really be that much. It would be hard to top Japan from last year though. Korea did have a small 3D movie for everyone and their theme this year was water and how we should value it. As
Usually the weather is absolutely perfect in Riyadh this time of year however it was quite chilly extremely windy on Tuesday night when we went. And at the same time we have been trying to get my son on a better schedule so we only stayed a few hours so we could get him home. We did not even get to tackle half of the festival this year and going on the weekend is a death sentence (WAY TO MANY PEOPLE do not try it).
Part one of my pictures above are focusing on the Baha region of Saudi Arabia. The music and dancing is a bit more upbeat than some other regions, I like it a lot. As you can see everyone was having a great time. That’s what I love about the festival, everyone relaxes and you do not feel awkward to let loose and have a nice time. And for once people are not weird about taking pictures.
That’s nice ,, I was never interested in junadriyah when I lived in Riyadh but lately I’m becoming very interested in cultural heritage but no longer live in riy! Typical!! InshaAllah next year
Personally I didn’t like the idea of hosting a foreign country as a concept ,, the reason is that we don’t have that many cultural events in Saudi and it would’ve been nice to keep junadriyah a pure Saudi cultural event because it is not an international exhibit ,, It’s meant to be cultural heritage so I’m not really seeing the link or reason of including another country in this particular event. I could be wrong like I said I haven’t been to junadriyah in ages. Thanks for sharing
I can see why you would think that but the Saudis really love getting to explore something else when many of them never get out of the country, its a huge hit actually.
Hi there. Long time no see. =) Sorry about that.. i have been in the mountains for skiing. And we are going back next week again. Yey
Thanks for posting about your life in Saudi. I like that. So interesting. why are there so many people in black dresses? Do the women have black and the men white dresses?
Over and out.
tjolahoppsan (goodbye in swedish) =)
I have never been snow skiing so sad but water yea a lot we do that where I am from. Women in Saudi wear these long black things that button in the front over the clothes, like a long thin coat and black scarves called shayla and a cloth (niqab) over the face. The men wear long white dresses called thobes. YOu never see any other colors lol. I am sure it looks weird to other people..
masalama (bye in Arabic )hehe
OMG… I just love your post about the invisible mother. Oh boy .. did i had a big laugh or not. (Yes.. i had) sooo funny
Yea its scarey and funny at the same time lol
mashaAllah so cool!!! lol the women seem to be having a good time
Yea they were dancing and everything something you NEVER see here lol
looool yeah, I’ve seen some video of saudi national day where there were a couple women cutting loose but other than that i can see how dancing in the streets would be quite taboo HAHA
lol really yea its crazy here but I never saw women here out really they drive around and look with the drivers.
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