National & Liberation Day Special Edition

Malls, roads filled with revellers of all ages
Published Date: February 26, 2007
By Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis and expatriates celebrated the country's National Day and Liberation Day yesterday in different ways. Many locals were seen spending their day strolling the main roads of Kuwait City blowing horns and proudly waving their national flag. While some expatriates preferred to stay home instead, there were some who braved themselves and spend their day at the gardens, seaside and movie theatre to make the three-day holiday special. The malls all over Kuwait especially those at Salmiya and Sharq Market were seen filled with shoppers which started from Sunday. The bay area from Messilla, Salwa, Salmiya down to Kuwait City in front of the new oil building were also seen by this reporter filled with revellers, some enjoying the day with their children of various activities such as kite flying, football and barbeques.

But most of the local youngsters in Kuwait ushers this celebration with a white flare, a snow like spray used by many to shower cars and people while celebrating on the Gulf Road, the main high-way for the celebration. Dozens of police cars and officers were dispatched to many parts of Kuwait to manage the festivity but no police have stopped the kids from spraying people inside and outside their cars. According to them, anyway, these young children are just having fun. There was an unlucky taxi driver, who was cornered and sprayed all over his face and body when a young revellers managed to open his car while passing past the group. He slowly left without a word. "We are call taxi, we receive a telephone from this area from a regular customer. Unfortunately this young kids managed to open my car and sprayed. I cannot do anything. They are just too many to control. I just hate coming to this place at this time. I knew, it will happen," the poor taxicab driver said when asked by this paper why he forgot to lock his door.

Some petty car accidents were also seen on the Gulf Road, a place where National Day revellers were seen converging themselves to commemorate these two great days.