Damascus-SANA
In his traditional clothes, consisting of a bodice, a sherwal, and a metal embroidered with Arabic thread, Abu Muhammad al-Sahar wanders through the flower exhibition in Tishreen Garden, carrying with him his copper jug filled with tamarind syrup, which he made with his own hands, especially for visitors to the exhibition.
The magician who puts a smile on the faces of customers while joking with them and offers them a cup of refreshing tamarind, prepares his drink after going through several stages, starting with soaking the tamarind in boiling water for a whole day and then squeezing it with old tools manually, filtering it with a soft gauze, then sweetening it with sugar and placing it in a copper jug because it preserves On the properties of dates.
In an interview with SANA reporter Ben Al-Sahar, this profession is inherited in the family, father and grandfather, and he is working to revive it and preserve it from extinction by reminding about it in exhibitions, holidays and occasions.
Al-Sahar pointed out that he replaced the glass cups that were used in the past and the sounds of hitting each other with a special ringing that impresses passers-by with ones made of plastic that are used for one time, in order to ensure the health of customers, indicating that he markets his products through internal and external exhibitions, where the tamarind drink formed his passport to neighboring countries through His participation in exhibitions in the Sultanate of Oman and Bahrain to revive this heritage profession.
According to Suhar, tamarind is considered one of the favorite drinks of many people, especially in the month of Ramadan and holidays. It is also included in some foods to give them natural acidity, so there is a continuous demand for it.
The activities of the flower exhibition in its 42nd session started on the 22nd of last June and continued until the ninth of this July, but on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, the Ministry of Tourism and the Governorate of Damascus extended the exhibition until the 12th of this July.
Sakina Muhammed
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