Lebaneses cultures

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ABDEL ILAH HOUJAIRY
GROUP 20LL1
LEBANESES CULTURES

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CASTLE MOUSSA
His requiring 60 years of delicated hard- .1
work to finish.
Built by MOUSSA ABDEL KARIM AL .2
MAAMARI.
He born on july 27,1931 in the village of .3
HARAT AL SARAYA.
His idea of building a castle began when .4
he was only 14 years old, inspired by the
MIDDLE AGES.

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DABKE
The entymology of dabke is uncertain, but it
is thought to be derived from the Levantine
Arabic word dabaka meaning stamping of the
feet or ‘ to make a noise’.
The dabkeh jumps may have originated in
ancient Canaanite fertility rituals related to
agriculture, chasing off evil spirits and
protecting young plants. According to
Lebanese historian Youssef Ibrahim Yazbec,
the dabke descends from Phoeniciean
dances thousands of years old.
Dabke is a native Levantine folk dance.
Dabke combines circle dance and line
dancing and is widely performed at
weddings and other joyous occasions.The
line forms from right to left and leader of the
dabke heads the line.

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CASTLE SAIDA
The City of Sidon is located on the .1
Mediterranean coast of Lebanon.
This ancient Phoenician city has been of .2
great religious, political and commercial
value.
It is said to be inhabited since 4000 B.C. .3
The island was formerly the site of a .4
temple to Melqart, the Phoenician
version of Heracles.
The castle later fell into disuse, but was .5
again restored in the 17th century by
Emir Fakhreddine 2,only to suffer great
damage.

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CASTLE BAALBEK
Baalbek is an ancient Phoenician city located
in what is now modern- day Lebanon,north
of Beirut,in the Beqaa Valley.Inhabited as
early as 9000 BGE,Baalbek grew into an
important pilgrimage site in the ancient
world for the worship of the sky-god Baal
and his consort Astarte, the Queen of
Heaven in Phoenician religion(the name
Baalbek means Lord Baal of the Beqaa
Valley).The center of the city was a grand
temple dedicated to Astarte and Baal and the
ruins of this early temple remain today
beneath the later Roman Temple of Jupiter
Baal.Baalbek is listed by UNESCO as a World
Heritage Site.

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TABBOULEH
Edible herbs known as qadb formed an
essential part of the Arab diet in the Middle
Ages.Dishes likes tabbouleh attest to their
continued popularity in Middle Eastern
cuisine today.Originally from the mountains
of Lebanon and Syria,tabbouleh has become
one of the most popular salads in the Middle
East.The wheat variety salamouni cultivated
in the Beqaa Valley region in Lebanon, was
considered(in the mid-19th century)as
particularly well-suited for making bulgur,a
basic ingredient of tabbouleh.IN
Lebanon,the Lebanese National Tabbouleh
Day is a yearly festivity day dedicated to
Tabbouleh.Since2001,it is celebrated the first
Saturday of the month of july.

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BEIT EDDINE PALACE
19th-century palace inBeiteddine, .1
Lebanon.
Emir Bashir 2 of the Shihab dynasty, who .2
later became the ruler of the Mount
Lebanon Emirate, built the palace
between 1788 and 1818 at the site of
the Druze hermitage.
In 1943, the palace was declared the .3
president’s official summer residence.
Parts of the palace are today open to the .4
public while the rest is still the
president’s summer residence.

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FINALY:Lebanon is a wonderful country for visited ,
explorer his secrets and his castles extraordinary.

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