Kuwaiti people are very patriotic. Our school had a celebration day before the holiday where almost all of the children dressed up and many of the teachers too. The entire school was decorated with flags and the colours of Kuwait. The students reenacted some of the heritage and past events of the country, bridal ceremonies, the war, etc. Afterwards a giant blow up slide was put into the recess room (playground) for the students to play on. A great day was had by all.
On one of the main roads – Arabian Gulf Street was where most people celebrated with a giant traffic jam! Apparently this is a tradition. People have cans of foam and water pistols and shoot at each other. The street is full of teenagers and kids, and inside the cars, windows are being pulled down and shots fired. It’s a lot of fun and mostly in good spirit. Although I heard some people were arrested as they were opening car doors and firing inside them. Many cars were decorated as you can see in the photos, with even some people completely painting their $150 000 cars the flag’s colours. If you look carefully you can see the Hummer had a bubble blowing machine out the top. Amazing! Unfortunately there were no other events on (that I knew about) to celebrate this day. Not like back home. The last pictures are of the effects of the dust over the past few weeks and what happens if you don’t wash your car. It hangs around like fog and comes and goes making it difficult for some to breathe however I haven’t found it that bad. Will try to get a picture of it sometime soon.
On one of the main roads – Arabian Gulf Street was where most people celebrated with a giant traffic jam! Apparently this is a tradition. People have cans of foam and water pistols and shoot at each other. The street is full of teenagers and kids, and inside the cars, windows are being pulled down and shots fired. It’s a lot of fun and mostly in good spirit. Although I heard some people were arrested as they were opening car doors and firing inside them. Many cars were decorated as you can see in the photos, with even some people completely painting their $150 000 cars the flag’s colours. If you look carefully you can see the Hummer had a bubble blowing machine out the top. Amazing! Unfortunately there were no other events on (that I knew about) to celebrate this day. Not like back home. The last pictures are of the effects of the dust over the past few weeks and what happens if you don’t wash your car. It hangs around like fog and comes and goes making it difficult for some to breathe however I haven’t found it that bad. Will try to get a picture of it sometime soon.
I have booked flights to Egypt mid April for 5 days instead of Beirut. I’m going by myself and got a good deal on a flight and am planning on doing a five day tour of the pyramids and historic sites around Cairo and Alexandria. I am really looking forward to it. 6 weeks to wait.
