The launch of the Souq Waqif Championship for Damage and Karim

Souq Waqif announced the launch of the “Al-Dama and Al-Karm” tournament, which is organized by the Souq Waqif Celebrations Committee, with the participation of 20 players competing in the Al-Dama and Al-Dama games over a period of 10 days. Dama game is one of the traditional games played by parents and grandparents after their return from diving trips, and with the development of technology, the game began to disappear in the early seventies, and with personal efforts by some Qatari youth, they submitted proposals to officials to allocate a place in which to play this game, and their demands were met, which led to To allocate «Majlis Al-Dama» in Souq Waqif. As for the carrom game, it is one of the ancient popular heritage games that is practiced in cafes and councils, and it is a square plank of different sizes, with barriers on four sides, in each corner of which there is a small hole, similar to the game of billiards, except that carrom is played with the fingers of the hand, while billiards is with a stick .