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Al Dhafra Festival 2010 to kick off on 30th January |
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Thousands of camels will line up in Madinat Zayed when the Al Dhafra Festival kicks off on 30th January in the Western Region. The 3rd Al Dhafra Festival, the most inspiring show of local tradition and heritage, is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) under the patronage of HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Over 1200 proud owners of purebred Arabian camels will vie for prizes at contests in various categories including the most beautiful camel in the world. Prizes worth AED 42 million have been set aside as the preparations gained momentum with hundreds of stalls built in mud and clay continued to rise in the region to showcase local produces and traditional handicrafts. The event will run until 8th February attracting tens of thousands of visitors from home and abroad. An official announcement of the Al Dhafra Festival 2010 was made today at a press conference attended by Mohamed Khalaf Al Mazroui, Director General of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage Chairman of the Festival’s Higher Organizing Committee. Members of the Higher Organising committee also attended the press conference. Al Mazroui said that the event has earned regional and global fame as a result of the strategy of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage of the country. He alluded to the success of the festival in the preservation of the Bedouin culture, which has played a role in marking ’Al-Dhafra’ as a destination in the world tourism map. |
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