The Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi announced the details of the competitions of the Liwa Date Festival in its 16th session, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, during the period from 17 to 23 July this year, in Liwa City in Al Dhafra Region , And clarified the precautionary procedures in force, the dates of the budgets and competitions, for the various classes, the value and number of prizes for each category, its criteria and conditions, in addition to the mechanism and dates of registration, and the delivery of entries.
The Director of Projects and Planning Department at the Committee, Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei, said that the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to raise the value of prizes and increase the categories of wet and fruit competitions, within the festival, were reflected on the number of categories assigned to farms Palms and fruits in the UAE, bringing the number of competitions to 22 competitions (11 wet decorations, seven fruit competitions, the most beautiful fairy contest and three model farm competitions), and 283 awards have been allocated to them, with a total value of more than eight million and 200 thousand dirhams.
Al Mazrouei confirmed that the new additions, which included two wet seasonings for Al Ain farms (salvation and imposition), two competitions for fig fruits (red and yellow), and an increase in the value of prizes for five categories, have received great welcome from farmers, accompanied by expressions of thanks and appreciation for the rational leadership for their permanent support to farmers, Where the committee’s management received a huge amount of contacts from farmers from different emirates of the country to inquire about the details of the competitions, where the participation manual for the Liwa Wet Festival was issued, through social media platforms, related to the accounts of the committee. The Director of the Planning and Projects Department in the Committee emphasized that the festival competitions start from the first day of the festival on the 17th of this month, during which the contest day will be the submission of posts from nine in the morning until three in the evening, and then start the screening and arbitration, and announce its results on the second day.
The first day will witness the Al-Dabbas Razzan Mazainah competition, for which 25 awards for a value of 446 thousand dirhams have been allocated, and the largest model, for which 15 awards for a total value of 234 thousand dirhams have been allocated, and the model farm competition will start during the first of its three categories (for the cities of Al Dhafra), The results of which will be announced on the last day of the festival on the 23rd of this month, and offer 15 prizes (five prizes for each category) with a total value of two million and 25 thousand dirhams.
The second day of the festival will see local mango competitions (10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams), mango miscellaneous (10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams), local lemon (10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams), and lemon (10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams). On the third day, the salad wet salon (an open run) will be held, 25 awards worth 446 thousand dirhams will be allocated to it, the salvation wet salon dedicated to Al Ain farms, 25 awards worth 446 thousand dirhams, and the Dar Fruit Basket Competition, and three awards of 400 will be allocated to it One thousand dirhams, and the red fig competition, and she was allocated 10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams, and a competition for the yellow figs, and she was allocated 10 prizes worth 117 thousand dirhams. On the fourth day, Al-Khunaizi's wet dress will be watched, 15 prizes worth 397 thousand dirhams will be allocated, Boumaan wet will be allocated 15 prizes worth 397 thousand dirhams, and the most beautiful wet wet competition (wet basket) will be allocated 10 prizes worth 54 thousand and 500 dirhams. During the fifth day, a humid festive (open stroke), and 15 awards worth 397,000 dirhams, and a fractional humid festivals for Al Ain farms, 15 awards with a value of 397,000 dirhams, and a shishi wetter, and 15 awards for 397,000 dirhams, were allocated to her. . On the sixth day, the Liwa Al-Rutb Competition will be held, for which 15 prizes worth 540,000 dirhams are allocated. Participation is required to present at least 15 different types of wet, and the weight of each type is not less than three kilograms.
As for the seventh and final day of the current festival on the 23rd of this year, it will witness the Al Dhafra Elite Competition, for which 15 prizes worth 725,000 dirhams were allocated, and participation in it is required to present at least 20 different types of wet, and the weight of each type is not less than three kilograms. Competitions arbitration committees have set, at the Liwa Wet Festival, a number of criteria and conditions for each competition, which ensures the highest degree of accuracy is achieved during the judging process, and upon which the participating product is evaluated.
Preventive measures and precautions
The organizing committee was keen to apply all preventive measures and precautionary measures to the participants and supervisory committees, in coordination with the competent health authorities concerned in the Al Dhafra region, according to a joint plan that includes conducting temperature checks, sterilizing the reception center and the festival site on a daily basis, and obligating all workers and participants to highlight the result The testing of the new Corona virus, to be negative with the wearing of face masks and gloves, according to the instructions of the competent authorities, and a commitment to spacing between different people and committees, while providing health materials and various sterilization materials, and contentment with arbitration by agricultural extension engineers without the elderly, and receiving posts from farmers , Through vehicles directly.
An integrated work mechanism was designed to ensure the highest levels of protection and safety, as a special course was developed for wet transport vehicles, which passes through three stages in which the participant is not required to leave the vehicle, and in a manner that guarantees the spacing between the participants and the speed of the procedure.
The new additions were very much welcomed by the farmers.