The document describes activities offered by the Zikra Initiative in Ghor Al-Mazra'a, Jordan. Visitors can participate in traditional workshops like making organic eye liner, weaving baskets, and cooking Gallayet Bandora. They can also go on hiking trips and learn about tomato farming during Bandora Day. The initiative offers customized trips for universities, culinary activities, and team building. Schools can visit to learn about the community in an interactive way. The goal is for visitors to experience and learn about the local culture and heritage.

1. ZIKRA INITIATIVE
GHOR AL-MAZRA’A ACTIVITIES

2. BANDORA DAY
Season : Mid January - April

4. A great family
activity where
visitors learn
about the
tomato
season,
Tomato
growing and
picking

6. Visitors learn
about different
tomato spices
and help
farmers pick
their tomato
harvest

9. The visitors
later prepare a
traditional
Jordanian dish
– Gallayet
Bandora – For
lunch

10. HIKING TRIPS
THROUGH OUT THE YEAR, PREFERRED SEASON :
SPRING

12. Southern
Ghor is full
of beautiful
hinking sites
such as Seil
Weid’a and
Seil Numeira

13. Hike takes
around 90
minutes

15. TRADITIONAL WORKSHOPS
Part of all trips (Bandora day, Hiking or Zikrayat
Ramadan)..
Throughout the year

16. 1- KOHOL (ORGANIC EYE LINER
MAKING)

17. ORGANIC EYE LINER In a small tin
olive oil is
poured over
cotton cloth

18. The cotton cloth
soaked in olive oil
is burnt &
covered with a
led

19. After 3 hours the led is removed. The substance
used for eye liner is precipitated on the inside
surface of the led

20. Visitors can try the eye-liner and
purchase as souvenirs

21. 2- SHRAK BREAD MAKING

22. Ladies show the visitors
how to make Shrak dough
& how to toss it over Saj

23. Then it’s the
visitors turn to bake
their own Shrak
bread

25. 3- GALLAYET BANDORA
Tomato in a pan

26. 6
5
4
Series 1
3
Series 2
2
Gallayet
Series 3
Bandora, a
1 Jordanian
0 tomato-based
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 dish, .

27. Visitors help
prepare
Gallayet
Bandora

29. Its served with
Shrak bread
and sweet tea

30. 4- BASKET WEAVING
Made out of Banana tree remnants

32. Banana
tree bark
is
soaked
in water

33. ….Then threaded
and weaved into
baskets

34. Visitors can
purchase
some
handmade
baskets as
souvenirs

35. 5- OLIVE SEED ROSARIES

36. Sun-dried olive pits are
used to create rosaries
.
Pit ends are scratched
against a rock until the
hollow inside of the
seed appears.
With a long needle and
a thread, the beads are
put together to form a
rosary or a bracelet.

37. Later , either heated olive oil or henna is used
to add a dye to the beads

38. 6- HATTA TASSEL

39. Learning how to tie knots for hatta
tassels for traditional men’s
headwear in Jordan.

41. 7- HENNA

42. Henna is used to adorn women's bodies as
part of traditions and social celebrations

43. Visitors can have their hands tattooed with henna &
they will learn about the cultural aspect of this tradition

44. 8- WOOL WEAVING

46. Visitors will
learn how to
hold the sticks
and work the
yarn to make
these square
dreamcatcher
like things.
They are used
as impromptu
frames or as
decoration on
the walls.

48. 9- CREATIVE RECYCLING
Wire Cars / Ornaments / Weaving plastic bags / Paper
reusing..etc

50. The children of
Ghor Al-Mazra’a
will teach you
and your kids
how to create
green wire cars
from recycled
and reused
materials such
as plastic
containers, cans
, leads
, sticks, wire
hangers and
even x-rays !

52. Visitors will
learn how to
create
ornaments
from recycled
materials such
as wires and
plastic bags.

53. Visitors will
learn how to
thread, intertwin
e and weave
plastic bags into
coasters and
beach bags

54. Visitors can
purchase
handmade
coasters
and beach
bags as
souvenirs

55. Visitors can
also
purchase
recycled
notebooks
as souvenirs

56. 10- RAHA

57. The Raha is a
traditional wheat
grinder made
from two circular
rocks, the bottom
is fixed, while the
top one is loose
and is spun
around with the
wooden handle to
grind the wheat.

59. ZIKRAYAT RAMADAN
Ramanad Season

60. Zikrayat Ramadan
Visitors learn about the lifestyle and
heritage of Ghor Al-Mazra’a
community , share a communal Iftar
and enjoy entertainment segments

64. CUSTOMIZED TRIPS
In addition to the activities described above , the following
customization can be added to the trip..

65. University Programs
Students learn about social
entrepreneurship and how to
implement a social project

66. Many universities conduct seasonal or annual visit
such as University of Ghent , Indiana University
..etc . The visit is conducted as part of the
students’ study tour

67. kra also conducts programs that meets the need and interest of
he visiting students , for example: Zikra designed an Exchange
Tourism program for the architecture students at German
University to learn about building and designing mud houses .
ater , students were given the opportunity to construct two toilets
utilizing affordable local assets from the area.

68. Culinary Activities
ors learn about the occasions
nked to different traditional
nian dishes and they learn how
to cook Gallayet Bandora
, Lazzagyyat
beezeh, Mnazaleh,Arbod, Shrak
and many more

69. Traditional Activities
Visitors learn about the traditions and culture of the
Ghor Al-Mazra’a community , for example : visitors
get to experience the traditional bridal henna and a
rural wedding ceremony

70. Rural wedding ceremony in Ghor Al-Mazra’a

71. Arabic practicing activities
sts get to experience the culture and lifestyle
Ghor Al-Mazra’a from their customs to their
uisine. In addition to that , Ghor Al-Mazra’a
ommunity helps them practice their Arabic
uage skills in a customized approach to meet
their need

72. Team building activities
The Zikra Initiative is a unique CSR and/or HR activity for any
corporation. The programs provide the employees an opportunity to travel
together or have a retreat to exchange knowledge, experiences, and
resources with a local community.

73. Teambuilding activity for Zain employees

74. Local Entertainment
Visitors get to enjoy many hidden
talents from Ghor Al-Mazra’a
community

75. SCHOOL
School Programs
The Zikra Initiative has a special
program for schools in an
interactive and educational
way. Students also get to apply
some of their school curriculum
materials in a creative

76. THANK YOU