Abu Dhabi Culture celebrates Emirati heritage in an interactive way
The Abu Dhabi Culture pavilion includes a hospitality corner to introduce the public to Arabic coffee and the values of generosity.
Photography: Eric Arrasas
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To the melodies and rhythms of the traditional Ayala;
The pavilion of the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi at the Sheikh Zayed Festival 2021, which is currently held in the Al Wathba area in Abu Dhabi, and its activities will continue until the end of March 2022, will receive its visitors to take them on a journey to learn about the heritage of the Emirates and its diversity and richness.
This year's pavilion celebrates the heritage elements adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in the Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity, which were included during the period from 2010 to 2021. Arabic coffee, aflaj, which is one of the oldest irrigation systems in the region, Al Sadu, camel racing, Al Taghrooda, and the art of Al Razfa, in addition to Arabic calligraphy that the UAE contributed to registering on the list last December as part of an international file with the participation of 15 countries. The pavilion's organizers were keen to familiarize visitors, adults and children, with each of these elements through large panels distributed throughout the place, including simplified information and illustrative pictures for each element.
The pavilion’s celebration of the authentic Emirati heritage is not limited to introducing the elements listed on the UNESCO list, as it includes a set of workshops through which visitors are introduced to traditional handicrafts, which are no longer prevalent in society as they were in the past, with the aim of preserving these crafts, and introducing guests to The festival is attended by different nationalities, linking new generations to their heritage and consecrating it in their souls and encouraging them to practice it through the workshops provided by the pavilion for them to learn these crafts and their secrets in an interactive and interesting manner and at the hands of skilled craftsmen. Among these crafts: pottery making, auctioneering, falcon batting, folk games, in addition to the falconry corner that teaches them how to deal with falcons and provides them with sufficient information about falconry as a sport inherited by parents from grandparents, and includes many values such as patience, humility, cooperation and self-reliance. and others.The suite also includes a hospitality corner to introduce the public to Arabic coffee and the values of generosity, hospitality, good reception of the guest, and the rituals of hospitality.
• A group of workshops to introduce visitors to traditional handicrafts.
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