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Ministry of Culture Organizes Saudi Cultural Week in Jordan

Ministry of Culture Organizes Saudi Cultural Week in Jordan
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Ministry of Culture Organizes Saudi Cultural Week in Jordan

Ministry of Culture Organizes Saudi Cultural Week in Jordan

The Ministry of Culture is scheduled to organize a Saudi Cultural Week in Jordan on September 12-15 as part of Irbid's celebrations as the 2022 Arab Capital of Culture, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Sunday.

The week includes several art and cultural events that will be implemented by the Heritage Commission, the Theater and Performing Arts Commission and the Music Commission at the Irbid Cultural Center in Jordan. The participating delegation will be headed by CEO of Theater and Performing Arts Commission and Acting CEO of the Music Commission Sultan Al-Bazie, SPA said.

The Heritage Commission is participating with several interactive initiatives that seek to highlight the national cultural heritage, including activating the "Year of Saudi Coffee" through the pavilion of the Saudi coffee council, which is set to receive guests and will offer Saudi coffee and acquaint visitors on its ingredients and ways to prepare and serve it.

The event will also include a screening of a film on the Saudi cultural heritage.

The Theater and Performing Arts Commission is set to display a theater performance for children titled "the cave of tales" on September 14 and 15.

The Saudi national band for music is also set to sing songs that aim at spreading the Saudi musical heritage to the world.

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Damian Lewis Herds Sheep over a London Bridge as Part of a Quirky Tradition

British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
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Damian Lewis Herds Sheep over a London Bridge as Part of a Quirky Tradition

British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)
British actor Damian Lewis leads The Worshipful Company of Woolmen, driving sheep across Southward Bridge, during the annual event in London on September 29, 2024. (AFP)

Actor Damian Lewis drove a flock of sheep across the River Thames on Sunday in homage to a centuries-old tradition.

Lewis is among thousands of people granted the honorary title of Freeman of the City of London, which in medieval times came with the right to bring livestock across the river to market without paying tolls.

More than 1,000 freemen exercised that right on Sunday in the annual London Sheep Drive, many wearing black hats and red cloaks. Lewis wore his grandfather’s wool coat and carried a crook as he led the throng herding the animals over Southwark Bridge.

“It was fabulous,” said Lewis, star of “Band of Brothers,” “Homeland” and “Wolf Hall.”

Lewis was asked to represent the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, a trade guild dating back to the 12th century. He said he was pleased to be part of “this eccentric, very British day, honoring an old tradition.”

Manny Cohen, Master Woolman at the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, said the ancient sheep-driving tradition was revived about 15 years ago and has become a major charity fundraising event.

There are no plans to bring back other ancient freemen’s privileges such as the right to carry an unsheathed sword in public.