It promotes the sustainability of heritage in the hearts of the younger generations and transmitting it to their children
Sheikh Zayed Festival ... a historical platform that illuminates heritage for youth
The pavilions participating in the festival introduce to their visitors the history, customs and traditions of parents and grandparents
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The Sheikh Zayed Festival plays a prominent role in preserving the national identity and its heritage of traditional customs and crafts, which enhances the sustainability of the heritage in the hearts of young generations and passes it on to the children, generation after generation, and preserves the heritage from extinction.
The pavilions participating in the festival offer visitors from the category of children a rich platform that informs them of the book on the history of their fathers and grandfathers, their customs, traditions and lifestyles, which opens their pages in the activities of the Sheikh Zayed Festival to visitors, citizens and residents.
A number of officials in the Emirates stressed the importance of this festival, and its additional advantage that carries educational and educational messages, which is the case of the interaction of new generations with their cultural heritage, so it takes young people on a trip to the past that will slightly forget them, even if the accelerated reality of their lives, so that everything that is beautiful is entrenched in their minds. Noble, one of the values and vocabulary that enhances their belonging in this country.
Authentic legacy
The Director General of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, Mohammed Haji Al-Khoury, affirmed that the Foundation's pavilion at the Sheikh Zayed Festival and the heritage it represents is authentic, as it combines the past and the present, and is considered the best way to consolidate the vocabulary and concept of the past in the minds of new generations, and keep them slightly away from The revolution of modern technologies that distracted them a lot from their ancestral heritage.
He pointed to the participation of “national families”, supported by the Foundation, through 98 Emirati families, where a shop was designated for each family to display the most important products of Emirati heritage, including heritage works, coffee pots, pots, perfumes, traditional clothes, Emirati coffee spices, accessories, sheil, abayas, natural products, roses and dates. And various hospitality sets, painting on cuddles, bedspreads, sweets, and many more.
Al-Khoury added that one of the most important points attracting the public is the Foundation's Achievement Museum, which includes information, numbers, statistics and digital videos about the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation and its local and international activities, especially in the fields of health and education, and the arrival of the Khalifa Foundation's humanitarian relief and development projects since It originated in more than 90 countries around the world.
valuable information
Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan International Racing Festival, said: “The pavilion of the Sheikh Mansour Races Festival is keen to provide valuable and important information about purebred Arabian horses to its visitors, especially young horse lovers, and what it offers from Efforts and races that brought them to the world, ”affirming the wise leadership’s interest in this ancient sport, and the legacy and historical roots it symbolizes in the UAE.
She pointed out that thousands of visitors flocked daily to the pavilion of the International Racing Festival of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in this special session, especially since the Emirati man has been closely linked to horse sport, which is an important part of the Emirati heritage, as it had a major role And important in Emirati life in the past and still today, as it received all the attention and care of the people of the Emirates over the ages and ages.
She said, "The pavilion of the Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan International Racing Festival offers many valuable prizes to visitors, through many raffles that take place at separate times throughout the festival."
Open gallery
Visitors to the Sheikh Zayed Festival, which carries educational and educational messages aiming to preserve and cherish the Emirati heritage, is the authentic Emirati heritage of authentic customs and traditions and handicrafts, as the festival is an open exhibition and a distinct opportunity to display the works of many traditional Emirati handicrafts in the artisans area.
The artisans' area is in the middle of the festival grounds to form an important axis of the visitor's journey, who can learn about a wide variety of vocabulary of Emirati heritage and traditional crafts, through a group of skilled craftsmen and craftsmen, who display their skills in live workshops, affirming the attachment, pride and pride of the Emirati people to their ancient heritage, where they work In front of the public to practice many ancient handicrafts, and reveal its secrets and how they were preserved and passed down from generation to generation.
Industry "garages"
One of the corners that attract the public is the corner of the gargour industry, where visitors stand for long times to enjoy the craftsmanship of its maker, which no industrial mechanism has been able to exclude, like many other traditional crafts, where the gargour used in fishing can only be made manually.
While he is engaged in forming gargour through specific wires, the craftsman works to provide visitors with a full explanation of these cages that are used for fishing, and they take an oval shape with a flat base from the bottom, and has a conical opening that allows the fish to pass in easily and in a smart way that prevents them from coming out again, and proves The gargour is a heavy stone that enables it to plunge to the bottom, and is tied to a mark floating on the surface of the water for the fisherman to infer when returning to extract it from the water at the end of the fishing process.
Industry "debt"
On the other hand, one of the craftsmen makes the "Deen", which is a mesh basket made of cambar or cotton ropes and has a knot that the diver puts in his neck to collect oysters while diving in search of pearls. The craftsman also works to provide a detailed explanation to the festival visitors about the diving trip And all the tools that were used while the diver descended the sea floor, putting on his nose "weaning" and he looked like tweezers to prevent breathing or water entering the nose, and when he descended to the bottom, a pebble that was stone or lead was tied to one of his legs, a pebble of stone or lead weighing between 10 and 14 pounds to accelerate The process of his descent to the bottom, and if he reached he removed it from his leg, the seib would pull it by means of a rope called "zeben".
The region also includes many craftswomen who in their role practice many of the women's crafts that were practiced by grandmothers and mothers, and they generate income for them that contribute to managing the affairs of the house, including: (Al-Sadu, Al-Tali, Al-Khous, Al-Barqa and Al-Ghazal Loan).
"Sadu"
One of the most prominent crafts practiced by women is the “Sadu” craft, which is a fabric made of natural wool threads, woven on a wooden tool, and was used in the past to make carpets and tents, as well as the craft of wicker wicker from palm fronds, which was used in the past in the roof of the house and floor mats. Today its uses have also evolved.
Cotton yarn
One of the craftswomen works on spinning cotton using the spindle made from trees, which is a simple tool with which the wool, cotton and goat hair are twisted, and another craftswoman is working on the craft of “tali”, which is considered one of the most ancient arts of embroidery, which is made of silk and metallic threads woven on A tool called "Kajujah", which is a pillow on an iron base with strings attached to it. Al-Tali was and is still used to decorate Emirati women's clothes. It is made using silver, and today it is used in different things other than clothes.
Mohammed Haji El-Khoury:
"The festival is considered the best way to consolidate the vocabulary and concept of the past in the minds of new generations."
Lara Sawaya:
"The UAE is closely related to horse sport, which is an important part of the Emirati heritage."
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