FWD: "Meet the Flower Men of Saudi Arabia, and their 2,000-Year Old Garlands" - Scene Arabia

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In this afikra FWD, Mirna Abdo talks about "From Asir to Coachella- How the Flower Men of Saudi Arabia were sporting flower crowns before it was cool." Mirna discusses the life of the tribe in which men wore flower crowns and talks about their style.

Sources and Further References

• Meet the Flower Men of Saudi Arabia and their 2,000-year old garlands

• The Flower Men of Saudi Arabia - Eric Lafforgue

• Traditional Flavors of Abha

• The Flowerman Festival kicks off, celebrating Saudi’s ancient tradition - Jumira Hancock

• Saudi Arabia’s Flowerman Festival kicks off, celebrating history, tradition - Tamara Abueish

• Asiri women Saudi Arabia: Our mother’s house

• Check the Flowerman Festival in Asir, Saudi Arabia

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