What’s in the bag?: a peek into Garangao
The Garangao tradition is regarded as an opportunity to spread love, happiness and affection between adults and children The traditional festival of Garangao commences after the sunset prayer on the…
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Ramadan crafts: How to make Garangao baskets
Want your Garangao bag to stand out of the rest? Here’s how you can make your own! Garangao is one of the most exciting festivities of Ramadan and is celebrated…
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Garangao: The Gulf’s favourite Ramadan tradition
On the 14th evening of the holy month of Ramadan, countries in the Gulf celebrate a time-old tradition that is unique to the region – Garangao. In the Gulf, the…
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Despite crowding concerns, thousands delight in Garangao at Katara
Last night, excited kids could be seen eagerly running around Katara with cloth bags, amassing sweets at multiple stations and outstretching their arms for more candy.
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Your guide to celebrating Garangao in Qatar – 2016 edition
The festival, celebrated across the GCC on the 14th night of Ramadan, is kind of like a Khaleeji version of Halloween, minus the pagan and Christian connotations.
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PHOTOS: Children in Qatar celebrate Garangao at Katara
Scores of energetic and ecstatic children gathered at the esplanade and picked up their cloth bags before circling the interior of the amphitheatre to collect what appeared to be in some cases almost a year’s supply of sweets and goodies.
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A guide to celebrating Garangao children’s festival in Qatar (2015)
The event, typically celebrated on the 14th night of the holy month of Ramadan, will be marked by celebrations hosted by several organizations, each marking the occasion in their own unique ways.
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A guide to celebrating Garangao children’s festival in Qatar (2014)
This Gulf-wide event, celebrated halfway through Ramadan, sees children dress up in vibrant, traditional clothes, sing songs and collect nuts and sweets. Locations across Doha are holding a host of free, public events.
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Qatar to mark children-focused Garangao with slew of public events
Garangao, a festive children’s tradition observed in different iterations across the Gulf, is kind of like Halloween (without the ghouls and goblins) and usually celebrated on the 14th of Ramadan, which this…
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