Rural annual festival in Butmeh, Chouf

The municipality of Butmeh in the Chouf mountains launched yesterday its fifth annual rural fiesta for culture, art and heritage at the Municipality Hall under the auspices of Taimour Jumblat represented by Dr. Nasser Zeidan. The event which was organized in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Lebanese Army included an exposition of traditional crafts, and paintings by a number of artists from different regions, in addition to folklore and musical events and the holding of a rural dinner. Zeidan stressed in his intervention the importance of solidarity and unity during the present difficulties in order to preserve Lebanon, support legitimacy and the constitutional institutions of the country. (Al Mustaqbal, September 2, 2015)