Different cultures and different faces in their features, eyes and colors, a variety of fashion, and the sounds of languages that you know and do not know, from all over the world gather together to watch folkloric paintings and dances filling the squares and platforms of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. , Something authentic in the state, lived with him throughout the time they were there, respect each other and are passionate about all the aesthetics offered by each country, either through food, folk dances or exhibits that smell of homelands.
At a small corner in the courtyard of the festival, you hear the sound of tea pouring and you immediately realize that it is the Moroccan way of presenting. This is precisely what Imaline Touha of the Philippines, who works for a local airline and has lived for seven years in the country, "I also taught my Arab friends some habits from the Philippines, such as putting tofu in food," she said.
"I have learned here the meaning of tolerance if it is associated with the other nationalities, and this is precisely what the spirit of the Zayed Heritage Festival reflects," he said. "I have been living in this country for 18 years. I never felt any resentment. Or a sense of racism, for example, "he added." When you stroll through the festival and have a quick look at its wings, you feel exactly what the state has established for the sake of coexistence. "I see the horse of the rugs, I know it is a mat of palm fronds, and the hands of Emirati women. Shaped balls placed in a glass jar, know that it is a brick from Jordan, Palestine or milk If, if I see green tea, I say, I am well prepared for Moroccan tea, and if I am stopped by the smell of curry, then I would say there is an Indian restaurant. "
With the expansion of the festival area this year, new pavilions have been added, with new countries participating in the festival: Uzbekistan, Belarus, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Jordan, China, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Algeria, Pakistan, Serbia and China, and many more, people's cultures are becoming more familiar with their customs and traditions.
"When I smell the incense, I realize that I am close to a bay wing, look at the name of the pavilion and see it in Kuwait or Bahrain, and enter it immediately," said Vasara Badu of Yugoslavia, who has been living in the country for five years and is marketing. "I love the habit of thyme and oil, I learned from my Jordanian colleague in the housing, so I went to the Jordanian wing to tell them that I know about their country a lot," she said. "This is tolerance, and this is the coexistence filled with the smells and habits of the people who live here. in one place".
Hala Ahmed from Egypt, who has been working in a bank and a resident of the country for 13 years, said: "Tolerance is to be among all these different faces and exchange greetings with a smile and a smile, and to meet someone's call when he says come and try the food from me. Tolerance from the moment we are here in this beautiful country, our dishes we share with our neighbors are rich in the cultures of diverse peoples. "
She said: "I come here to see the whole world, a miniature place represents a large country with all that you give him, and just hearing the clink of silver and accessories I realize that I am close to the wing of Yemen, which I always mean to buy the most beautiful ornaments, and I love the kitchen from the Levant, so I visit the Jordanian wing and buy from it And I do not give up the Chinese mattresses I have known here in this country. "
Drink tea in China
"To drink his own tea in China, start drying the tea leaves, then sift through a large sieve, put it in a cloth, start to stick it on a wooden board, then boil water and pour it on the tea," said Su Moza, a tea plantation owner in China. To drink, not to soak tea in the water, but once the contact with hot water for him is ready to drink ».
25 literally and 12 professions
This year, the Kuwaiti pavilion increased the number of craftsmen who were found in the pavilion of their country compared to the previous years. They reached 25, representing 12 professions, according to head of the Kuwaiti delegation Salman Boland, who said that " The manufacture of traditional vessels and boats, as well as other wood handicrafts, as well as the manufacture of abayas and rugs, and the presence of traditional Kuwaiti clothing, such as Aldarayeh, with various flavors of local foods of ghee and sweets, and other things that supported the title of the festival on heritage.
Hala Ahmed (from Egypt):
"We live in tolerance
In this country
Beautiful, our dishes
Which we share with
Our neighbors are rich in cultures
Peoples. "
Imalin Toha (Philippines):
"Only here I have
Friends from all over
The world, therefore
I can distinguish
Cultures
And their customs.
Sara Badu (from Yugoslavia):
«I love oil and thyme,
I visited the wing
Jordan to tell them
that".
Talal Al-Mahla (from Sudan):
«I live on a land
This state since 18
Years, I did not feel
Days with no resentment. "