With a total of AED 7 million and AED 250,000 prizes spread over seven different competitions, the 15th edition of the Liwa Wet Festival will start tomorrow in Liwa City, Dhafra, which will run until 27th.
"The festival, which is one of the most important projects taken by the festival management committee and the cultural and heritage programs in Abu Dhabi, is the responsibility of its completion and upgrading year after year. It has become a witness to the culture and heritage in Abu Dhabi," said Maj. Gen. Fares Khalaf Al Mazrouei, The UAE is a continuation of the approach of the late founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was keen to adopt pioneering projects in the fields of agricultural production and food security, and in response to the directives of the To lead the leadership to meet the difficult climatic challenges, to achieve food security and sustainable agricultural production ».
Speaking at a press conference held yesterday at the Mohammed Khalaf Council in Abu Dhabi, Al Mazrouei delivered a speech on behalf of Abu Dhabi Executive Vice President, Issa Al Mazrouei, thanking the country's leadership for its continuous efforts to support development projects in the region. All the regions of the country, to be our beloved country as a cultural destination, tourism and economic at the regional and international levels, and this is what contributes to the various activities held by the Committee for the management of festivals and cultural programs and heritage in Abu Dhabi throughout the year, , The Liwa Festival for Wetting, the Liwa Dates Auction, the Dhafra Festival, which hosts the Camel Festival, the Heritage Fishing Season in the Marzoum Reserve, the Million Poets, the Prince of Poets, the Menkos, the Cultural Cares and the Mangani. Link locally and internationally ».
For his part, the director of the benefits of wet at the Liwa Festival of moisture, Mubarak Ali Al-Qusaili Mansouri, that Mazaina wet is the largest competition in terms of diversity and the number of participants, and the Organizing Committee of the festival 155 awards distributed in nine categories, namely salvation, Dabbas, Al Khneizi, Bauman, Alshichi, Al Dhafra and Al-Dhafra, and the Biggest Competition. The top 15 winners of each category receive valuable material prizes, except for the two categories of salvation and Dabbas, each with 25 winners.
Al-Mansouri explained that there are general conditions for the contest of the wet season, the most important of which is to be wet from the local production of the state for the year 2019, and not to enter dates in the competition, and to provide the participant wet from his own farm, and to show documents on ownership of agricultural land at registration, In only two categories of the competition, except for Shati Al Dhafra and Lewa for the wet elite, are available to all. 70% of the assessment of participation is calculated on wet, while 30% is calculated on the farm, after the arbitration committee has detected the farm and verified its public cleanliness, and care of the palm through appropriate infusion and the use of modern methods of water saving, The date of delivery of the samples according to categories and dates specified in advance that are announced before the festival. Al-Mansoori added that the arbitration committees of the benefit of the wet include various experts who have the skill and knowledge in this field. The arbitration process is conducted according to the strict specifications and standards of wetting from the local production and the 2019 season and that it is in the appropriate maturity stage, And should not contain more than one category within the categories of the specified category, as well as be free of visible defects and does not have an odor or taste is not normal or have the effects of metal or sand, such as scars. The size of the wet should be adequate and not contain unfinished fruits, free of pesticide and fertilizer residues (where the production is tested in vitro), and the wet should be provided in more than one waste, and the wet weight should not be less than 10 kg in individual items , And that the number of items involved in the category of elite Dhafra wet about 20 varieties, and in the class of Liwa wet group of 15 varieties weighing three kilograms per class, and finally to be satisfied with the decisions of the jury.
Celebrating Palm
The festival, which celebrates the palm tree and the cultural heritage of the UAE, is a platform for the gathering of factory owners, companies and investment institutions in the field of palm tree-related industries. Governmental and private entities related to agriculture in general and palm trees and their products in particular. The Festival's director reviewed the most important events of the current session, where the visitors of the festival will be citizens and residents and tourists, on a date with many activities in the forefront of the benefits of wet, in addition to the competitions of mango, lemon and fruit basket Aldar, and the most beautiful heritage and the most beautiful wet tale. They can also get a closer look at the authentic UAE heritage through the popular market.