December 2nd is National Day for the UAE. This year they are celebrating 40 years of national history. It's strange to think that a country is younger than my parents and has come so far in such a short time. It's also a little funny that the hosptial where I work is celebrating 51 years of history this year- do the math, we have been her 11 years longer!
Around here it means it's time to adorn everything you can with red, white, green and black the colors of the Emirati flag. People even give you pretty hair bows like this one for National Day... doesn't get much better!
There are celebrations happening all over the city and we get to a part of a few of them. The boys above are throwing rifles (fake ones) into the air as part of a traditional Emirati dance.
We even hosted a small celebration at the hospital!
Complete with face painting by Jessie and a few other women in our office!
1 comment:
Great blog. Thanks for the history lesson. I'm loving your blogs. Aunt Weesie
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