Janadriya is always full of color and life. The Saudis seem relaxed and enjoy the festivities very much! During this time many women will let their guard down a bit and have fun wearing decorations on their niqab or silly headgear. Men can also be seen with different kinds of ornaments for the occasion. Bands of flowers are very popular this year among men, women and children. They bring a nice splash of color to the normally all black masses.
It's a pleasant surprise to see how confident Saudi men are wearing flowers!
The white flower bands are made of Jasmin.
Many women opt for different kinds of colorful bands to decorate their face veils.
Cool and funny sungalsses are popular among young men.
Little girls prefer these bright colored hair bands.
Afro wigs must be among the funniest of the head gear fashion!
Cowboy hats, huge sunglasses, masks, fake ears, you name it Janadriya has it!
Women selling a myriad of decorative head bands.
Expats are in on the fun too!
love the pictures!!!
ReplyDeletethank you :)
DeleteThese pics are wonderful! I hope one of these years my husband will take me to Riyadh for this event!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susie! I really hope so too, I'm sure you would LOVE it :)
DeleteSusie all my years in saudi and i have never seen them like this, thank you for sharing such an unseen side of them :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the time when Saudis are so relaxed and easy going, it's like the turn into different people altogether! Everyone is smiling and happy :)
DeleteLove it! Wish I could have joined you...it looks like you had a ton of fun!
ReplyDeleteGirl I wish you would've been able to join us! We will have to schedule a day there for next years festival and take Om Lujain with us!
DeleteHi Laylah, any reason why the saudi arabs (women as well as men) rarely wear eyeglasses?
ReplyDeleteHi there! They do wear glasses, but I've noticed many women prefer contacts when wearing niqab because glasses are more difficult with it. Now that I think of it, it's more rare to see a man wearing glasses! Many people have had Lasix surgery it's cheap here, and that might be one reason as well.
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