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Besides Muharram to mark the start of the Islamic New Year, Jordan’s holiday calendar includes some very interesting festivals. All of them are celebrated with gusto and are themed around culture, the lunar calendar or promotion of the arts and crafts.
This festival celebrates the unique Bedouin culture and takes place as a handicrafts fair in beachside towns. Other talents are also showcased here, making this one of the most intriguing festivals in Jordan. Come in February if you’d like to witness the noisy and cheerful atmosphere.
Also celebrated in February, this festival is a proud showcase of this city’s talents. Look forward to craft, culture and dancing and music on the streets. Held on a smaller scale than the Aqaba Festival, this is as much fun to watch.
Inaugurated in 1981 by Queen Noor Al Hussein and now a part of the Noor Hussein Cultural Foundation, this is Jordanians at their most creative and festive. Artists from all over the country gather here between the end of July and the beginning of August to participate in enclosed and open-air events that include music, folklore, orchestras, ballet, Shakespearian theatre and displays of handicrafts and art. The summer makes for pleasant evenings of catching up on art and shopping for Bedouin rugs, jewels, ceramic objects, embroidery and glass and metal work, as craftsmen and women demonstrate how they create these artistic objects. Locals flock to this festival in thousands just to witness one of the biggest events in Jordan. What makes this even more interesting are its seminars and workshops. Try and sync your travel to this festival and take a workshop – a refreshing experience even for the most jaded traveller. This event does not take place during peak tourist season, so hotels and tickets are cheaper and though it is crowded, it is a great time to be here for this stunning spectacle of Middle Eastern work and play.
Held every year in the month of October, the Jordan Rally entices millions of speed fiends from all corners of the globe to participate in this no-holds barred festival. The rally turns the sleepy sand dunes into a racetrack that thunders with commentary from the media and rowdy fans who cheer on the participants.
Held every year by an independent theatre group, the Amman International Theatre Festival is a platform where the most raw and fresh talent compete in Arabic and English storytelling on celluloid, garnering an audience from the world over. A must-do for cinephiles.
If any of these sound interesting to you, book your Jordan tour packages or other Africa tour packages on these days. For the best deals and offers on solo, family or group tours, call your SOTC agent today.
