Marmarita
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مرمريتا / Marmarītā Marmarita |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 47 ' N , 36 ° 16' E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| Homs | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HI | ||
| height | 590 m | ||
| Website | www.marmarita.com ( Arabic ) | ||
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| City festival | Carnival (August 14th) | ||
Marmarita ( Arabic مرمريتا, DMG Marmarītā , Syriac Aramaic : ܡܪܡܪܝܬܐ , Marmarītā ) is a village in Homs Governorate in western Syria .
The governorate of Tartus begins a few kilometers to the west . The place is located in the southern foothills of the Jebel Aansariye , just before the mountainous country on the other side of the Nahr al-Kabir , the Lebanese-Syrian border river, merges into the Lebanon Mountains .
Marmarita is probably the largest village in the Wadi an-Nasara ("Valley of the Christians") with a predominantly Christian population. It is a popular destination in summer and can be reached north of Krak des Chevaliers (Qalʿat al-Ḥuṣn) on a mountain road.
Since 1972 there has been a carnival parade in August on the evening before the Assumption of Mary . The tradition was introduced by home vacationers who emigrated to Brazil and organized a procession with costumed donkeys. In the early 1980s cars began to be used and the train was extended to nearby Kafrah. In 2000, a separate carnival procession was held there and other villages have meanwhile adopted the idea.
Marmarita is the birthplace of the Melkite Apostolic Exarch in Argentina, Ibrahim Salameh .
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- ↑ Roland Schulz: Carnival in Syria - Alaaf al Arabia! , spiegel.de, February 7, 2011; First publication: GEO Special 1/2011, "Syria and Jordan"