HOSPITALITY and other Petra, Jordan Local Custom Tips

Bedouin Hospitality

HOSPITALITY, you will find it everywhere and from everyone. Two days we spend there and we where invited to tea, juice, tobacco, lunch, dinner, a horse ride, � to everything they had � no waiting anything in return, nothing. How I wish we could all be like these people! Perhaps is the desert that makes you to share what youhave cause is a difficult way of life that needs always from the helps of others to survive. But then we should have to spend a year or so in the desert to understand how to share like these people do. We have so much to learn! I have so much to learn ...
Please don't think they are waiting from you to buy something or to trick you ... because they are not ... this is real hospitality

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Local Customs: Painting eyes

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Written by diageva

on Jul 18, 2004

Painted eyes

Bedouins have in my opinion the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Honey eyes that they use to paint in black around. From children to old people no matter if they where male or female, I saw those gorgeous eyes painted. Also in every shop near the silver jewel, or bone boxes you will find the pencils for paint your eyes.
When I founded my "Favorita" the second time, she had painted her eyes, perhaps for my pics.
I don't know if it was a traditional way of protecting eyes from the sun or insects ... the true is that they look more handsome, if it is possible, with painted eyes

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Local Customs: Cover head

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Written by diageva

on Jul 18, 2004

Jordanians

Covered heads, for men a woman is more a need than a local custom. You have to protect you head from sun, sand and wind. What is a tradition is the kind of scarf they use, the traditional Arabic scarf for the men, the fekkieh, that in Jordan is red and white

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Local Customs: Children Working

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Written by diageva

on Jul 19, 2004

Bedouin Children

It seems as if children are the more important members of the family to sell in these little souvenirs shops of Petra. They try to sell you with great professionalism all its merchandise while elder ones look how they do it. They are really good. When we went was school vacation time, so there where lots of beautiful Bedouins children.

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Local Customs: Desert Police

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Written by diageva

on Jul 19, 2004

Desert Petra Police

I think this was a special police man, I think he was one of those that guard Petra. They are dress very elegant and as all the rest of citizens, they are very amiable. I think the must control that no one stays inside Petra after close time... I am not sure ... but well ... is nice to see them over there with their nice skirts and uniform

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Local Customs: A stone as a gift

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Updated by diageva

on Apr 3, 2005

A stone as gift

Some of the children we find at Petra gave us stones as gift, is a way to get near you.

These two girls told as, as the rest, that it was not a good time for Petra because there where very few tourist.

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Local Customs: Mobil and Internet

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Written by diageva

on Jul 19, 2004

Mobiles