Monday, October 17, 2005

قرقيعالوين

I used to celebrate "قرقيعان" with my family’s friends in "National Union of Kuwait Students in London" and with some Kuwaiti, Saudi, Emeriti and Qatari friends of mine that used to join us in such occasions. My aunt used to post us "قرقيعان" costumes every year. We sang all night until our throats were tired to get our treats. One year we went to Kuwait during that time (I think it was Christmas holidays which we really enjoy in England; all the colourful lights and decorated trees and houses). My cousins were really excited about "قرقيعان" and they were ready to do their tour around the area; I didn’t understand why they would do that, so I went to ask my mom about it and she said they do it here like Halloween. WAW, two Halloweens in one year. I joined them, and after reaching few houses I got bored; nothing interesting about it, no scary costumes, no decorations and the treats were not the type I was expecting. It seems that Boodi is really enjoying "قرقيعان". He invented a dance for it, a funny one that he does while singing in his tour.

13 Comments:

At 10/17/2005 11:32:00 PM, Blogger Nooni said...

i remember my gerge3an was... hiding behind my cousins back and shy and cover my face with my bag every time i sang... and that stayed like till the last time garga3t when i was 15 or 16 :P
but the only time i dont hide my face when we sing (wee9 wee9 wa9awee9 fe betkom ja3amee9 ) LOL

waslim boodi show us some pictures plz

 
At 10/18/2005 10:05:00 AM, Blogger Ra-1 said...

tell boodi eyee betna egarge3 ;)
3ndena wayed gerge3an ma nadry shensawee fee :p
la 9ej I wana see him dance lol

 
At 10/18/2005 10:57:00 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Does gufe3an have meaning other than that tV show ??

 
At 10/18/2005 10:58:00 AM, Blogger True Faith said...

Juddy; Until 15 :P

Ra-1; he will travel today, when he comes back I will send him to you for a belated قرقيعان

 
At 10/18/2005 11:00:00 AM, Blogger True Faith said...

Tarek; It's gergai3an not gufe3an :P And yes it has, It's like wa7awi in Egypt.

 
At 10/18/2005 12:18:00 PM, Blogger Nunu-San said...

I don't like gergai3an nowadays, It's not like our gergai3an before!!
Before was more excitement and fun!!! But now it's just mu shay =/

 
At 10/18/2005 12:34:00 PM, Blogger True Faith said...

Mishari; I liked the sugar almonds most :)

Sarpanch; I enjoy giving the kids the treats and listening to them sing but didn't enjoy it at the first and last tour.

Nunu; And how was your gergai3an?

 
At 10/18/2005 12:50:00 PM, Blogger Ra-1 said...

Mishari ...
NIDO can! are u my cousin? :p

 
At 10/18/2005 09:19:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

menkom nastafeed

 
At 10/18/2005 09:45:00 PM, Blogger Ms. Sarah said...

weshalem gaaalbaaa... i love this post :p

 
At 10/19/2005 01:45:00 AM, Blogger Nunu-San said...

3adi =/
Tomorrow I'm invited 3ala gergai3an, I'll tell you about it when I go there.

 
At 10/19/2005 09:42:00 AM, Blogger True Faith said...

Tarek Amr; :)

Swair; This post loves you :P

Nunu; Waiting :)

 
At 10/21/2005 12:33:00 AM, Blogger Nunu-San said...

Yeah I had fun

 

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