Friends International organizes a Girgean party for diplomats

Members of the ‘International Friends’ club, with the participation of Sheikha Hala and Hana Badr Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, organized a Ramadan evening on the occasion of Al-Girgean. The event, held near the Day of the Sea Village on Al Khaleej Street, which is part of the ancient Kuwaiti heritage, was attended by several ambassadors, their spouses and children to introduce them to this traditional Kuwaiti heritage.

Sheikha Hala explained that Girgean is an old custom in Kuwait and in various Gulf countries, which is celebrated in the middle of Ramadan every year, where children in a neighborhood gather after Iftar wearing special traditional clothes. They then walk between the houses in the area and sing folk songs and knock on the doors of neighbors, calling out the names of family members of the house according to what the people of the house ask of them. After this, sweets are distributed to the children and they leave the house repeating the prayers to the people of the house.

She pointed out that “Kuwait is always an incubator for everyone, and therefore the ambassadors were invited with their children to share our traditions and customs and to bring joy to the souls of their children.”

She pointed out that this occasion coincided with International Women’s Day, congratulating all women in the country and the world on the achievements they have achieved in various levels and forums, wishing them all success and prosperity.

Kenya’s Ambassador to the country, H E Halima Mahmoud, participated with a group of Kenyan girls who revived the ceremony with Kuwaiti and Kenyan folk songs.