Social media has been awash with uproar over Saudi Arabia’s Halloween celebrations as numerous images and videos of young Saudi men and women dressed in frightful disguises at a ceremony held on Halloween Day in Riyadh circulated.
During the 1444th Day of Punishment celebrations, Saudi Arabia dominated a number of hashtags. Early adopters of social networking sites posted images and videos of themselves dressed as cartoon characters, grotesque figures and supernatural beings, as well as other disguises that had nothing to do with Saudi Arabian tradition.
With the comment: “Horrible disguise costumes, with which the standards of fear you have in Weekend horror inside and Levard Riyad City differ. “, the Boulevard account, Riyad City, which is one of the areas of the activities of the Riyadh Entertainment season in Riyadh for this year, published images of the celebration on Twitter.
Earlier, Counselor Turki Al-Sheikh, the head of the Saudi Entertainment Authority, took part in a video clip showing the manifestations of the Halloween celebration on his official Facebook page, commenting: “The atmosphere in Wekend horror is above imagination, which is what came today prepares the disguise costume and comes with a ball.
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People became upset at the situation and expressed their criticism of it, claiming that the environment was not always in line with the values and religious sanctuaries of the nation of the Two Holy Mosques.
Although there are supporters of the celebration, others denounced the citizens of the Kingdom and followed the modernity of the European countries that prevailed among them to celebrate that occasion.
The Arab world was extremely angry about these celebrations and condemned them for disrupting the social lives of the Kingdom’s citizens.
Halloween is a huge deal in Saudi Arabia, with horrifying costumes filling the streets of Riyadh.
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