The tests of the "Minaous" program, produced by the Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi, attracted 150 participants from a number of Arab countries to perform the melody of melodies, a melody and a nibble of the Nabataeans.

The Jury interviews concluded with the participants' performance in their first season at the Al Raha Beach Theater in Abu Dhabi.

The jury confirmed that the performance of the votes presaged a strong competitive season, and that it would be a great challenge for the jury and the Advisory Committee to select the list of 18 who will participate in the direct episodes of the program.

heritage

"Al Mankoos is the first program of its kind in the Arab world that is concerned with this art, and it seeks to present the heritage of the UAE and the Arabian Gulf, in a format that reaches all the countries of the world," said Issa Saif Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi. , Thanking the wise leadership for its continuous support to preserve the heritage and cultural traditions of the UAE. He added that the program works in parallel with the programs of "Amir of Poets" and "Poet of the Million", in order to preserve the poetic heritage in the Arab world, both Nabataeans and Faisheh, pointing out that these programs have contributed - over the past years - to fill the poetic scene with hundreds of poets, Who have become stars in the Arabic poetry, and made gains, most notably access to the Arab scenes, in contrast, was highlighted the appropriate place for Arabic poetry, and this is what we aspire to the program Mncos, to highlight that heritage art, which is a heritage of the UAE and the Gulf.

Gumat

The director of the program, Said bin Karraz Al Muhairi, said that the panel of "Al-Mankous" is composed of Arab writers, researchers in the field of Nabataean poetry and literature, and specialists in criticism, literature and poetry from the UAE and the Gulf countries: the critic, academic and media Dr. Hamoud Jalawi, Faculty of Arabic Language, Faculty of Basic Education (Kuwait), poet Mohammed bin Mushait Al Marri (UAE), poet and mentor Shaya Fares Al-Ayafi (Saudi Arabia).

He explained that, for exceptional reasons, he participated in the interviews at Al Raha Beach Theater researcher and writer in popular literature Ibrahim Hamid Khalidi, to be a member of the jury of the program on behalf of Dr. Hamoud Jalawi, who had a compelling circumstances prevented him from attending the interviews, Jury in the next stages.

hard mission

Shaya Al-Ayafy said that the program will be one of the most important television programs in the Arab world that is inspired by the ancient heritage. He added that the jury will have a difficult task in the coming stages to select the list of 18 participants for the direct episodes. A strong competition among participants, and that there were strong voices, outstanding performance and already dazzling members of the Committee.

While Mohammed Bin Mushait Al Marri said that the judging committee had met for two days with the stars of the art of mascot, not just participants in the competition, confirming the extent of the passion that these young people have for highlighting this type of Nabataeans poetry and presenting its melody with outstanding performance. Presaging a strong season followed by successive seasons.

He added that «the first season of the program attracted a large number of participants to the performance of the freaks, and shows the presence of this distinctive kind of Bahr Nabat poetry, and that a lot of those who did not participate in the initiative, will seek to participate in the second season of the program».

Ibrahim Hamed Al-Khalidi, a researcher and writer in the popular literature, pointed out that the performance interviews witnessed a difference in levels and was characterized by high quality and accuracy of choice. He hoped that this season will be successful and that this program will continue to highlight the melody, And that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the UAE remains a cultural beacon, highlighting the original Arab heritage.

reason of calling

The muffos is one of the long Nabataeans of poetry, which is used to listen to them. It is distinguished by the distinctive performances of the poems, from the sea of ​​the long, with the commitment to rhyme in the chest of the verse and its inability.

The singer begins with a high sound layer, gradually decreasing with the first part of the house's chest, reaching its climax at the end of the section, then gradually reverting to the second part of the house.

It is also said that the naming of the mantle by this name is due to the movement of the bird of al-Warka, which the Bedouins infer from the arrival of the summer, as the sound of this bird and its twitter increases as it rises to the top.

Issa Saif Al Mazroui:

«Mncos means art is authentic, and seeks to provide the heritage of the UAE and the Arabian Gulf, in a format that reaches the entire world».

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Participants will attend the program's direct workshops.