Al Jasra Handicrafts Center organizes Al-Madood Workshop for the kids. It is a game with an open number of players that prepares young girls to understand and cope with the responsibilities of everyday life, and relies on role-playing and imagination. Each girl creates her own household out of a simple cardboard box inhabited by a full family of figures made from readily available materials. Each girl then acts out a story inspired by common events such as pearling trips, engagement and marriage, performing scenes and acts embodying these roles.
It is a special group game for girls, whereby girls engage in a pretend role-play, using character dolls that they make out of materials, such as bones, bird feathers, small wooden sticks, cloth, threads, beads, and cardboard. The doll may be a man or a woman. However, if it is a male doll, he should be dressed in a “Thobe”, the ghutra, “aqal”, the headband, and the “bisht”. On the other hand, if it were a female, she would be wearing al-Bakhqaq and adornment items. Each character chooses a name, whether after their grandmothers, fathers or mothers. Then, the players engage in a role simulation acting game, imagining the characters' movement, voice and style.
Workshop topics include:
Workshop Outcomes:
Making a bride in the traditional style with ice cream sticks
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Day |
Date |
Timing |
Number of Hours |
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Saturday |
10 December 2022 |
2 Hours |
10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Age: 12 and above.
Language: English & Arabic
Workshop fees (including all tools)
For enquiry: handicrafts.workshops@culture.gov.bh
