Zambo

Let me tell you about a traditional festival that happens yearly in My country Befor One Day Of East Festing❤️❤️its Called #ZAMBO 😍😍 On a narrow street in the Mina area in the city of Tripoli (Northern Lebanon), a group of people of various affiliations and sects gather, their bodies painted in black, their heads covered with feathers, and they disguised themselves in different costumes and masks to participate in a tradition that has been revived for more than a hundred years during the time of Lent in the Christian calendar. Eastern. Preparations for this festival known as the “Zambo Carnival” take two hours before the young men and some young women begin to dance in the street, some holding a sponge in their hand, to paint the faces of the spectators who accept this initiative with open heart. Like every year, “the young men of the port area prepare a carnival a day before fasting, which is the Zambo Carnival. The age of this festival is more than a hundred years, passed down and rejoiced by generations. People come from many regions and all sects participate in it. There is no doubt that the actual origin of the festival is unknown. There are several accounts...Some say that it belongs to Lebanese immigrants who went to Brazil and Argentina, carrying this folklore with them and passing it on to people in the region.” The other source says, “The Senegalese military division that was in Lebanon during the Second World War. Its members used to set up parties to the rhythm of songs, and the people of the port would watch and participate in them.” The zambo march roams the streets in the port for two hours and ends on the seashore with each participant throwing himself in the water to remove the pigment in a step symbolizing the purification of the body