Everyone is invited to Druze & Circassian villages in the Galilee; for a festival of Olive trees. This is the time of the year to harvest the olives. This is also the perfect time to visit the villages and enjoy a tour of daily lifestyle, tradition and religion. On Saturdays, throughout the…
Category: Druze
A taste of Israel
Daliat el-Carmel
Daliat el-Carmel is a Druze village, set on the slopes of the Carmel Mountain, in the north of Israel, near the city of Haifa. It’s a bright fully colorful with unique hospitality to passers by as well as to tourists. The village had been founded in the 17th century by…
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Holiday of the Prophet El’Jaffuri
After the six day war, in 1967, the Israeli Druze have begun celebrating the holiday along with their community who leave in the Golan Heights, near Birkat Ram, every 25th of August.
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Holiday of the Prophet Shuei’b
The holiday lasts for four days, as of April 24, in the vicinity of Ne'bi Shuei'b outside of Tiberius (in the north of Israel). According to Druze tradition, Shuei'b is allegedly Jethro, Moses' father in law. In traditional stories, Jethro was born in the half isle of Arabia and wandered…
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Druzes in Israel
The Druzes’ history is a unique story, of a special people. The Druze religion was born as a section of the Islam during the 11th century, originating in Egypt. These days, the Druze community is mainly situated on Lebanon, Syria and Israel, a total of some 600,000 people. Interestingly, the…