The Ministry of Culture in Gaza on Tuesday commemorated the Palestinian “Traditional Dress Day” which falls on 25 July of every year.
Dozens of men women and children marched in central Gaza City while waving Palestine flags and wearing traditional dresses and clothes.
Many participants wore Palestinian keffiyehs and carried old photographs of their grandparents wearing traditional clothes in their homes and lands from which they were expelled in 1948. Dabkeh and folk music and songs were present in the celebrations too.
Nour Abdul-Ati 27 said that she decided to take part in the event to help revive and protect the Palestinian cultural heritage.
“We celebrate our culture today by wearing our traditional dress which Israel has repeatedly tried to obliterate” she added.
