Kuwait Traditions

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Marriage:

Marriage is an important aspect of every Kuwaiti man and woman’s life. As both are not obliged to be married to a person they don’t like or feel uncomfortable with but they will eventually be forced to get married when they reach a certain age which is from 28 to 30 years of age. In Kuwait and Islam too it’s “OK” for a man to get married to four women even though women do not appreciate the fact that her husband has feeling towards a different woman then herself.  When Kuwaiti couples get married the husband must give his wife a present of 22 thousand dollars before the wedding ceremony so his wife would go and get ready and buy what she wants and needs. However there are two ceremonies  before the wedding which : are the first family gathering of both the husband and wife families gather to meet and the second one is the engagement ceremony where they both exchange rings. Finally in the wedding the man enters the ballroom and walks toward his wife where she awaits him on the beautifully designed wedding chair where he takes off her white veil and kisses her on the cheeks. (No lip kissing!!) 

Dowaniya:

Most Kuwaiti men spend their time in the “Dowaniya” where they meet with their friends and have fun laughing, exchanging jokes and even talking about some political issue in their country also other issues in their life too. In the Dowaniya not only do friends come and meet even some politicians go and pay a visit to many Dowaniyas to talks to the men their so they would vote for him. Adding to that many families gather a huge amount of money to build them a dowaniya in a well know area in Kuwait so it would stand out and give their family a good reputation of owning a dowaniya in a fancy area in Kuwait.

Clothes:

Both men and woman in Kuwait pay a lot of attention towards what they wear and what brand it is. However Kuwaiti traditional clothes are luxuries but many people do not know that. Kuwaiti men wear a Dishdasha which is a long white colored dress looking outfit but what most people don’t know that the fabric of the dishdasha is very expensive that may cost more than 5 thousand dollars just to buy it without sowing it. On the other hand traditional Kuwaiti woman clothe consists of many fabrics put or worn on top of each other along with gold and silver that gives it a more fashionable and feminine look.