Me ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kauwela a me ka ua, ua'ālohilohiʻo Ibb e like me ke kāne mare ma luna o kahi'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo. Ua hele mai ka poʻe mahalo mai nā wahi like ʻole e leʻaleʻa i kona nani hoʻohiwahiwa a e kaʻana like i kona hauʻoli i kona hoʻomākaukau ʻana e hoʻokipa i kāna mau malihini.
I hui pū ʻia me ke ola hou ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Yemen a ma waena o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ʻahaʻaina mākaʻikaʻi ma Ibb, ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Seventh Tourism Festival, e mālama ʻia ana ma ka ʻāina al-Sayeda Arwa, i ka Pōʻalua, ʻAukake 04, 2009.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana e Kauka Ameen Gozailan, ke poʻo o ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi, a me Mr. nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ke Kaiwa.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana ma ka wehe ʻana o ke kauhale mākaʻikaʻi, ka mea nui a hanohano o ka Seventh Tourist Festival.
Aia i loko o ke kauhale mākaʻikaʻi nā ʻāpana like ʻole, ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi loa ʻo ia ka ʻāpana Popular Folklore, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike piha o nā kuʻuna kumu a me nā loina. Aia kekahi mau lole a me nā lole kaulana i hoʻohana ʻia i nā hanana like ʻole e like me "Tafruta" (ʻike ʻia ʻo "Dheefa" ma Ibb) a i ʻole ka "Hummadah" (ka hoʻolauleʻa ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o ka wahine). Aia pū ka ʻāpana i nā hōʻikeʻike o nā mea hana lima maʻamau e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻoilina Yemeni waiwai, e like me "Janbiya", "Aseeb", "Shawls", a me nā lole hana lima ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, komo nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamāhine mai ka hui poʻe kīnā a me nā hui aloha ʻē aʻe i nā hōʻike hōʻikeʻike o nā male maʻamau. Ua ʻoluʻolu loa ka hana a nā keiki a hōʻike ʻia i kahi kiʻi maʻalahi a maʻalahi o ke ola ma ke kiaʻāina ʻo Ibb.
Aia i loko o ke kauhale mākaʻikaʻi kekahi mau māhele ʻē aʻe i wehe ʻia i ka Pōʻalima, ʻAukake 06, 2009, e like me ka ʻāpana hōʻikeʻike lole, nā kiʻi kiʻi a me nā kiʻi, ka hōʻikeʻike lima lima, a me ka hale wili ʻili.
I ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka Pōʻalima, ua hāʻawi nā mea a pau i nā hana hou e hōʻike ana i nā hiʻohiʻona mākaʻikaʻi o kēia kūlanakauhale e hopu ana i ka noʻonoʻo.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- I hui pū ʻia me ke ola hou ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Yemen a ma waena o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ʻahaʻaina mākaʻikaʻi ma Ibb, ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Seventh Tourism Festival, e mālama ʻia ana ma ka ʻāina al-Sayeda Arwa, i ka Pōʻalua, ʻAukake 04, 2009.
- It includes a number of popular dresses and costumes which are used in a variety of social occasions such as the “Tafruta” (also known as “Dheefa” in Ibb) or the “Hummadah” (the celebration after a woman gives birth).
- The tourist village includes a variety of sections, not the least of which is the Popular Folklore section, which provides a comprehensive overview of many basic traditions and customs.
