Souq Waqif hosted a number of cultural activities to celebrate Kuwait National Day under a theme of ‘Qatar-Kuwait One Nation’.
The event is being organised by Private Engineering Office as a Kuwaiti- Qatari cultural festival featuring folklore heritage of two countries. The cultural festival which began on February 21 and will conclude tomorrow (February 26).
Musical bands paraded in Souq Waqif playing cultural musics of Gulf countries on Friday and Saturday.
A number of artistes from Kuwait and Qatar including famous singers and musicians performed in the shows held at the open theater of Souq Waqif.
Huge number of people including men, women and children enjoyed the shows. They were very exited to see their favorites artistes from Kuwait and Qatar performing togather.
The artistes picked up the most popular songs in GCC specially those of Qatar and Kuwait. The musicians used traditional musical instruments like Oud, Qanun and kamancheh. A visitor who was enjoying the show at Souq Waqif said that it was a memorable experience to witness this spectacular show that gave a glimpse of strong bonds between brotherly countries.
“I came with my family including children to celebrate the National Day of our brotherly country Kuwait,” Abu Ahmad, a visitor told The Peninsula. He said that Souq Waqif has been turned into festive mood because of the events being held to celebrate Kuwait National Day.
“The celebrations bring closer to the people of two countries. We celebrate Kuwait National Day like Qatar National Day,” said Abu Ahmad.
Some non-Arab expatriates were also there to enjoy the celebrations at Souq Waqif. “I wish to understand the Arabic song, it is very beautiful melody but I can not understand,” said Abdurraof Rahimullah, another visitor lauding the Arabic musics.
