The Sultan of Tarab, George Wassouf, directed a special request to the people of his village, Kafroun, in Syria, hours before the burial of his son Wadih, who He died in surgery Friday.
and post singer A video clip on his Facebook account that he filmed while he was driving towards his village, in which he demanded that its residents not shoot in the air during burials, which is a custom that spreads in several regions of the Levant on sad as well as happy occasions.
And he said will In the video: “I hope you have a great deal. I don’t want to hear a single shot. I don’t want to hear Qawas at all.” He stressed that if anyone was harmed by shooting in the air, it would cause him a “major wound.”
And Wadih’s body had arrived at St. Nicholas’ Greek Orthodox Church in Ashrafieh, Beirut, today, Sunday, for the devotees to raise it in front of the church and dance with it to the rhythm of his father’s songs, all the way to the inside of the church, in light of the screams and cries of his family and loved ones.
The body was carried and transferred to the town of Kafroun in Syria, where prayers are held for it before burial in the family cemetery, according to the Lebanese News Agency.