With a unique family nature, the new version of the Al Hosn Festival, which is currently held in the Al Hosn region in the heart of Abu Dhabi, is characterized by a wide variety of events and activities that it offers to suit both adults and children. The festival combines outdoor activities that are held in the open air and internal activities that are provided inside a palace The fort, the House of Craftsmen and the Cultural Complex, as well as combines heritage, historical and popular activities, and modern and contemporary events and performances, in perfect harmony according to a distinct coordination of activities throughout the entire area of the site.
Celebrate the children
Children are considered the biggest winner in the Al-Hosn festival, which will last until December 19, due to the multiplicity of activities in which they can find pleasure and benefit. In general, most of the heritage activities witnessed by the festival represent a rich material for children and young people to learn about everything related to the state's heritage in an interactive and attractive way, from While watching Emirati craftsmen and performers practice these crafts, and answer questions of the audience in everything related to them, such as diving on pearls, clams and pearl extraction from it, fishing, and making salty, and Sadu and heli industry, and others. In addition to these heritage activities, the festival dedicated a corner for children, allowing them to carry out many activities that contribute to revealing their talents, and devote the spirit of creativity and teamwork to them, in cooperation with various creative projects, including the "The Doodle Factory" project, an Egyptian project It is based on empowering and supporting children in the world by organizing artistic workshops, including drawing artworks inspired by Qasr Al-Hosn, to be displayed during the festival. The Kids Corner also includes an innovative work, presented by the Dutch "Weike Make Carpets" project, and aims to encourage young and old to work together, which is a hanging carpet, consisting of colored plastic rings, and the public must weave the same on the surrounding walls by hanging rings Plastic system to complete the work.
Digital coordinates
The festival also includes contemporary artwork, most notably the commissioning artwork of Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, entitled "Trends, from place to place", which comes within the artist's series of works inspired by geographical coordinates, and each of them carries a different idea and coordinates, as explained, He pointed out that the work was inspired by the digital geographical coordinates of the Emirates ports, as these ports retain the history of travel, trade and the humanitarian conditions of the Emirates and its people, and the coordinates are in 5000 pieces in the form of numbers and wooden letters, which visitors throw in the lake, to congregate and unite together in symbolism of the Federation Emirates.
Kazem stressed the importance of the installation commissioning work to give the recipient the opportunity to contribute to the completion of the work by throwing wood in the water. The environment was used to make ships and boats. ”
The traditional songs and songs chanted by fishermen and net makers around the lake, in addition to the artwork, add a striking aesthetic dimension, which reveals a vision that has long been distinguished by the Emirates, and is represented in harmony between the past, present and future, a vision that was laid down by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, May God rest his soul.
The Korean actor, Jeong Moon Choi, also presented a work entitled "Drawing in Space", consisting of a dark room with strings attached in straight paths, illuminated by a colorful light string, calling on the public to discover the lines separating reality and illusion.
"Shoe surgeon"
Among the unique activities, in addition to that, the craftsmen house will host the "Hand Shoe Art Station", which highlights the most important innovations in the field of shoe designs in a creative way. The station also hosts the "Bespoke DXB" brand, a regional leader in the field of shoe design and detailing, to display Her distinguished practical experiences in this industry for attendees, including introductory workshops specializing in shoe design, using traditional Emirati materials made entirely by hand.
The festival will also host a number of creative sessions, accompanied by Dominic Schompron, a professional craftsman known as "shoe surgeon", who will unveil a new design of shoes that combines his unique modern methods that match the vocabulary of Emirati heritage and ancient traditions, and visitors will have the opportunity to participate in two workshops You conduct in the presence of the artist in person, to learn how to make shoes using a range of traditional materials and methods, including local camel skins and sadu and tali.
- The traditional songs and songs that fishermen repeat
The window makers, adding a striking aesthetic dimension, reveal
From a vision that has long been distinguished by the Emirates.