Shakira opens rice festivals in Lebanon and salutes the land of his ancestors

Lebanese Colombian singer Shakira opened the International Rice Festivals in northern Lebanon on Friday night, expressing her happiness on her ancestral land. "I love Lebanon and I love Lebanese very much," said the 41-year-old singer at the opening of the Arabic concert for the audience of 13,000 people. It's the land of my ancestors and I'm proud of my roots. I am very happy to be here. And since I decided to come to Lebanon, I long for the moment of your meeting. "

Much of the audience, dominated by the youth component of the Lebanese media, has raised the images and placards of the singer saying" Shakira likes you. "Shakira thanked him for" l & # 3939; "Warm welcome" and noted that the rice area "is a lovely place and I am lucky to sing here tonight in this place surrounded by mountains and the rice reserve which is considered one of the few places in the world. "

" It has been a long time since I have visited Lebanon. "Shakira came to Lebanon for the first time in June 2003 during a visit to her family's home in Zahle, in the east of the country, then to a concert in Beirut in May 2011. During the many applause and applause, Shakira approached The black pants were tightly transparent in some parts and a black jacket of the audience shook hands in the front rows.At the course of the day she visited Shakira Tannourine north of Lebanon where his family grew up and where two trees were planted in the Cedar Forest Reserve, one in his name and the other in his name, in the presence of local authorities and the Lebanese consul from Barranquilla.

Local authorities decide to release the name of Shakira Mubarak (his last Lebanese name) in a protected forest courtyard, and Mayor Bahaa Harb presents him with a cedar map of Lebanon, with a dispute over the Lebanese writer Ge Bran Khalil Gibran of the City of Bishr

The concert is part of a world tour titled El Dorado, the title of the singer's eleventh album in his career for over a quarter of a century.

Shakira is the best – selling Colombian artist with over 140 million albums sold worldwide. There are also dozens of trophies, including 13 Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards.