Zawtar El Sharqiyeh: A Village in Lebanon
Resumo
r/Lebanon begins a series exploring Lebanon’s villages with a look at Zawtar El Sharqiyeh in Nabatieh, overlooking the Litani River. The post shares details about its tobacco-farming community, the origins of its name, and its history as a village known for Zawtari wine, while inviting members to share memories and suggest future features.
Random village in Lebanon #1
I'm starting this series as a tribute to Lebanon, where I'll be highlighting a different village in each post along with its history, unique facts and local stories whenever available.
If you have any photos or memories of the featured village, feel free to share them in the comments. You're also welcome to suggest which village we should explore next.
Today's village is Zawtar El Sharqiyeh
The village is overlooking the Litani River in the province of Nabatieh (85km from Beirut), it's population exceeds 4,000 most of whom depend on Tobacco farming as their main source of income.
In Aramaic Zawtar means "the small", popular folks also attribute the word to the abundance of grapes as during its past times, the town was known as a wine village selling the famous "Zawtari Wine".
In another likely origin of the name, it is relative to the Phoenician princess called Zouzasit, who lived in the town during the Phoenician period.
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