National مقلوبة Awareness Month and other months in Jordan

If you have been following Jordanian happenings in the last few years, especially after Amman served as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World, There has been a firm effort to introduce Cultural celebrations into the lives of Jordanians. Today, Jordan's Ministry of Culture announced the National List of Commemorative Months:
  1. National month of Classic Street Games. It's a month when حجلة, سبع حجار، and marbles (جلول) are enjoyed in Adults-only events around the country. People can organize private حجلة (hopscotch) parties. Kids can sit back and watch, while discussing politics and latest news.
  2. National Egyptian History month is when Jordanians can celebrate by eating فسيخ، صيادية، and ملوخية بالارانب. This month is also about being nice to Egyptians in the country for a change. Jordanians can think of them as equal human beings for at least a month.
  3. National Maids Month is when Jordanian women are to take out their Sri Lankan, Philipino, or Indonesian maids for a dinner and relieve them of their borderline-slave conditions at home! It is also a month when Jordanian parents should assume their parenting responsibilities for god's sake!
  4. National Conspiracy Theories month is when Jordanians participate in a national competition of coming up with the most absurd conspiracy theory imaginable. This month will prohibit the government from commenting on these theories (which is easy to do) and will present the winners with publishing theirs as a front page story in شيحان.
  5. National School Uniform month is when Jordanians are to wear khakis (for men) and green مريول (for women), or they can switch for the sake of experimenting. Women can walk around slowly and men can follow them and say أموت بالاخضر انا!
  6. National Rumors months is when Jordanians abstain from saying anything even remotely true. It would be the equivalent of April's fool day, but for a whole month.
  7. National Football month is when Jordanians are to celebrate football by playing in the streets and organizing دوري حارات. Because of football's importance, it's not to be included in #1 above. People are encouraged to wear their favorite team's Jerseys and to brag about their accomplishments.
  8. National مقلوبة Awareness month is when Jordanians are to celebrate مقلوبة in all its forms: زهرة، فول، بتنجان،و بطاطا with all the usual accompanying dishes: سلطة، لبن، و مخللات.
  9. National خاروف month is when خاروف petting zoos open up across the country and parents would take their kids to meet the following month’s meat.
  10. National Mansaf month is when Jordanian Butchers and Super Markets are prohibited from selling Sudani, Bulgarian, and Australian meats and جميد سائل. Rice must be yellow, and only pinenuts are allowed as garnish.
  11. National فقّوس month is when the whole country transforms into a مخلل factory. The little known and under-appreciated vegetable takes the spot light from its more prominent cousin: the cucumber. Day long workshops will be held at farms throughout the country for the duration of the month.
  12. And finally, and most important, is National Smiling month. It is a month that shifts all police and traffic control personnel into issuing a citation to any frowning Jordanian. But, it does not stop at that, equally punished are those telling jokes that aren’t funny, cussing for any reason, and those that are زنخين no matter what they do.

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Whisper said...

OK let me see
for #1 I like to add طمايه + الكيله
2# adding حمام بالفريك and prepare مولد area in every حاره
about #6 where were you?? it's a whole year tradition these days and mashallah all the people are expert now :D
for #8 I wish ,but not with the بتنجان
every thing else ok with me

BUT some of these activities will destroy the tourism image of the country specially فسيخ and زهره
it going to be smelly months :D

Summer said...

نسيت مقلوبة الجزر

Jano said...

month ثالث عشر for keeping this country clean for once! where حافظ على نظافة بلدك on every chips bag is not just an Ad. n the street isnt the trash can of our cars.

another month for NO car accidents :D

Anonymous said...

I like #11 the Fagoos month.... haha

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