Amid the charming Liwa desert, the Liwa International Festival 2020, which started yesterday, and continues until January 10, attracted thousands of visitors from inside and outside the country with its activities and heritage programs that added more excitement and fun to the larger version of the festival.
The programs provided by the festival had a clear impact in attracting many Gulf families and families to the festival site, as well as its visitors from the rest of the world, so that everyone draws an artistic painting in this desert atmosphere, confirming that the original Emirati heritage is a destination for everyone to watch the exhibits and works of the Liwa heritage market located on The sideline of the festival activities, or following up on the traditional competitions that the organizing committee was keen on holding, including camel racing, falconry, purebred Arabian horse racing, threatening pigeons, and other distinguished activities.
For its part, the head of the festival's media committee, Hamda Al-Shamsi, said that "the event succeeded in reaching everyone's hearts, and that it reflects the bright image of Al Dhafra region, which is rich in many elements of tourism success that will put it at the forefront of tourism programs not only in the state but also at the level International: the fact that Al Dhafra is rich with a huge balance of heritage, and it is a fertile ground for those looking for treasures of the past, as castles and forts that tell and highlight an important era in the history of the Emirates in general, and the Al Dhafra region in particular ». Hamda added that the festival aims to preserve heritage in all its components, through the Liwa Heritage Market, which brings together various holdings, handicrafts and crafts, and traditional competitions that the people of the region were keen on, such as falconry, camel and purebred horse racing, and other heritage competitions that stand out Those aspects, and expresses the old.
For his part, media advisor for the Liwa International Festival 2020, Amer bin Nawa Al-Manhali, stressed that the organizing committee was keen to develop various events presented to the public to meet its needs and requirements, noting that the technical painting that fireworks formed formed to embrace the sands of the desert.
More than 100 contestants inaugurated the freelance competitions within the Liwa Festival activities, in Zayed City, in Tel Merib.
The excitement continued since the start of the festival, with the first round of free exhibition, with the participation of young people who were enthusiastic and challenging, and competition was limited to the categories of "Nissan" and "station".
And the free review is very popular with young people, as those who have been able to compete in the past years have legalized this sport and put it in a professional format through the laws of Liwa Sports Club, in addition to the arena designated for that.
The organizing committee established controls and regulations for all participants, and the committee gave each contestant several minutes, in order to make his best technical moves.
The value of the free review awards for each category is 125 thousand dirhams, as the first place gets 50 thousand, the second 30 thousand, the third 20 thousand, the fourth 15 thousand, and the fifth place 10 thousand dirhams.
For his part, Sports Committee Chairman Saeed Al Marzouqi confirmed that the festival witnessed a remarkable development, noting that the new session is distinguished in all respects because of the updates and additions that the event witnessed not only in races, but in all its sectors.
He added that the organizing committee provided all elements of security and safety for the free review competitions in the appropriate and appropriate atmosphere, explaining that the free review circuit is equipped with all the security and safety means and conditions necessary for such competitions to ensure the safety of the contestants and not to damage their cars.
Young people .. Top priority
The head of the Supreme Organizing Committee for the Liwa International Festival 2020, Muhammad Ali Al-Mansoori, said that the committee places the interest in youth and the preservation and preservation of heritage at the top of its priorities, in addition to highlighting the civilized and tourism aspect of Liwa city and Al Dhafra region, which was already achieved through the success of various events. It is noteworthy that the various festival activities will continue until January 10.
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- 125 thousand dirhams, the value of the free exhibition prizes for each category, during the largest version of the festival.