Masyaf

We visit Masiaf city and these mountains. This is a very different city from 'bilad aa-cham' (Damascus), you feel the long history of the Assassin Creed that had his main syrian place in Masyaf! People have a quite different culture from the capital.

See some of Angelica's pictures.

Links about Masyaf :
- In English
- In French

Wedding in Masyaf

After 2 wedding experiences in Damascus (See also old posts by clicking 2007), the countryside wedding was a pleasure. This wedding was with boy and girls. The wedding party is after the groom and the bride went to the cheirkh to be married following the religion rites. During the party, the groom and the bride sit on the center of the hall like a king and his queen. They enjoy their guest dancing in front of them and they participate sometimes. The most important thing is the Dabbke dance specially in the countryside....see the pictures HERE. In the middle of the party, there is a break in which the women of the family go next to the bride and the groom give her the jewels.
An other important thing is that there is no alcohol, so we went buy some and have to hide it under the table and mixing with some cola. The strange thing is that, after a while, all the guys wanted some of our forbidden whisky...

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