It is the middle of the blessed month, Ramadhan, a time that maybe insignificant anywhere but in Qatar. As children on this night every year we have expereinced the celebaration of what may be called the "Khaleeji halloween". These nights are indeed special and tacitly celeberated with passion by elders,youth and children of the Khaleej. As a part of this celeberation children sing the 'Garanga3o' song, they sing it for the household members who are expecting visits from diverse groups of children. The household members, usually the women prepare a day in advance for this night with thier large sacks of sweets, peanuts, walnuts, ground nuts and every other seed one can think of subsuming a small toy or a small amont of money as a gift. Children gather with eager and excitement and hurrily commence on a "nutting night out" or trick-o-treating from one door to another with the magical co-ordination of the harmoniously vocalized sounds resounding in the hearts of the neighbourhoods . By the end of the night they bring home different types of seed fruits, sweets, and gifts ranging from original to commercial, enjoying the kernel of thier effort by sharing thier collections with one another.
What goes unnoticed is the transperancy of the likeness of this tradition, like halloween this Gulf tradition is not only centered around the subjects of children, sweets, gifts and to a certain extent commercialisation, but also the phonetic transcription of the word 'halloween' sounds very much if not exactly like 'hilween' in the Qatari-khaleeji slang dialect and 'halawa' in the standard Arabic language respectively meaning 'sweet ones' and 'sweet' or 'goody'. This transparent interconnection between the Pagan American and the Islamic Arab spirits of festivity leaves a cultural trajectile both crossing at the point of 'sweetness' and prolongs back to thier own aesthetic realms.
the kids nock on all doors not only on Qatary villas so dear prepare your self 2, bay some sweets and small toys in Ramiz or Rawnak or just give them one riyal each child.
i think that garangao will be on the 15th of Ramathan ? thats some kind of traditional celebration popular throughout the country and then Arabian Gulf. held halfway of holy month of Ramathan this celebration is an occasion when children wearing special traditional dress,tour the neighborhood from door to door to collect the sweets, money,nuts,some gifts etc...
the kids collect sweets and sing some arabic songs asking for donates continued health and piety.
On 14th or 15th Ramadhan,Garangao is celeberated in the GCC. This day children dress beautifully in traditional dresses and go around the houses and ask for money and sweets.
People are requested to drive slow in the bylanes as there may be children crossing lanes...
...You can't mean what you say unless you can say what you mean...
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It is the middle of the blessed month, Ramadhan, a time that maybe insignificant anywhere but in Qatar. As children on this night every year we have expereinced the celebaration of what may be called the "Khaleeji halloween". These nights are indeed special and tacitly celeberated with passion by elders,youth and children of the Khaleej. As a part of this celeberation children sing the 'Garanga3o' song, they sing it for the household members who are expecting visits from diverse groups of children. The household members, usually the women prepare a day in advance for this night with thier large sacks of sweets, peanuts, walnuts, ground nuts and every other seed one can think of subsuming a small toy or a small amont of money as a gift. Children gather with eager and excitement and hurrily commence on a "nutting night out" or trick-o-treating from one door to another with the magical co-ordination of the harmoniously vocalized sounds resounding in the hearts of the neighbourhoods . By the end of the night they bring home different types of seed fruits, sweets, and gifts ranging from original to commercial, enjoying the kernel of thier effort by sharing thier collections with one another.
What goes unnoticed is the transperancy of the likeness of this tradition, like halloween this Gulf tradition is not only centered around the subjects of children, sweets, gifts and to a certain extent commercialisation, but also the phonetic transcription of the word 'halloween' sounds very much if not exactly like 'hilween' in the Qatari-khaleeji slang dialect and 'halawa' in the standard Arabic language respectively meaning 'sweet ones' and 'sweet' or 'goody'. This transparent interconnection between the Pagan American and the Islamic Arab spirits of festivity leaves a cultural trajectile both crossing at the point of 'sweetness' and prolongs back to thier own aesthetic realms.
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the kids nock on all doors not only on Qatary villas so dear prepare your self 2, bay some sweets and small toys in Ramiz or Rawnak or just give them one riyal each child.
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i think that garangao will be on the 15th of Ramathan ? thats some kind of traditional celebration popular throughout the country and then Arabian Gulf. held halfway of holy month of Ramathan this celebration is an occasion when children wearing special traditional dress,tour the neighborhood from door to door to collect the sweets, money,nuts,some gifts etc...
the kids collect sweets and sing some arabic songs asking for donates continued health and piety.
i hope i explain it well.
On 14th or 15th Ramadhan,Garangao is celeberated in the GCC. This day children dress beautifully in traditional dresses and go around the houses and ask for money and sweets.
People are requested to drive slow in the bylanes as there may be children crossing lanes...
...You can't mean what you say unless you can say what you mean...