Lebanese Top Stars light up the Kartaba Carnival, and Government Top Officials share the joy with the people and local community
Hallani and Attieh fire up the atmosphere and Mrad and Hanin enchant the audience
The main square of the Kartaba village was a place for a long and busy weekend 26 and 26th of July full of artistic and traditional events. Starting by Assi Helani and Viviane Mrad on saturday’s eve, and clotured the second night by Joseph Attieh and Hanin.
And in between, the famous and historical Parade of Cars under the Title “Kif Ma kenet bhebak”,
This Traditional event for the city of Kartaba, is organized by “The Kartaba Touristic and Traditional festivals” supported by the Municipality of Kartaba, and attended by a large number of political, military, judicial, religious, social and media figures, in addition to presidents of municipalities and personalities of the town and the area of JBEIL. Mainly, MP Chamel Roukoz represented the president of the republic General Michel Aoun, MP Mustapha Husseini, representing Parliament Speaked Nabih Berri, MP Nazih Najem, representing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Bishop Monjed El Hachem, representing Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rai.
Additional and in a special move for this year, secretary general of the Euromed organization Mr. Bernard Massabo, attended and praised this artistic and traditional event, impressed by the spontaneous and enthusiastic celebration of the people as he told colleague May Ziade of Kartaba: “ The Nice carnival may be more important than the Kartaba carnival by the size of the statutes and techniques, but the Kartaba carnival has amazed me by the spirit of joy I have seen in the eye of the people which we lack in the west”.
The invitiation of Bernard Massabo President Fadi Martinos, head of the Federation of the municipalities of JBEIL, and Mayor of Kartaba, aimed to explore the opportunity of upgrading Kartaba Carnival from a local to an international by placing it on the Euromed Map.
At the end, Mr. Fadi Martinos and the members of the municipality council offered Honor Merits to the three presidents, the patriarch, the representatives of the security forces, and the organizers of the Kartaba carnival who worked hard to make this event a success.