Kafr Buhum - Social Relations

Social Relations

Inhabitants of the town have worked in commerce, agricultural and industry jobs since ancient era, and they like the inheritance Folksong and the Poetics and Prose arts. The town has its own rituals at weddings and patriotic and scriptural feasts.

People housed in clay wonderful houses at the past time, but this days they live in stone palaces.

The town annually has many small carnivals, but the most important and the largest one is Albaaoth Monday (the second Passover (Easter)day), all the Voluntary associations of the town participate in this carnival, that has many shows and more than 400 children contribute to be special annual carnival.

The town has a little too high percentage of graduates (doctors, engineers, etc.) much of these highly qualified people are expatriates (a little everywhere in the world, especially in Europe). In addition to the historical value theory of its customs and traditions, it is especially known for “white stone careers” of construction and the inhabitants work in the agriculture and in the factories. They have many lands around the town where they cultivate corn, cotton, white beets, etc.

We cannot fail to mention the great work being done by the town efforts which is Cathedral of Saint Elias, that is one of the largest churches in the Arab World, and the church (building) is individual effort of the town inhabitants. When the cathedral be fully complete it will an important moment and historical monument.