Imad Murad - Doha

Since December 7, colored balloons from all over the world have adorned the sky of Qatar in a daily tour that lasts for nearly an hour, as part of the first balloon festival held in the country to coincide with the country's celebrations of its national day.

The 12-day festival (which ends December 18) in Aspire Park in the Qatari capital, Doha, is very popular, and after hundreds of sunset hundreds of people gather behind a fence to watch the balloon during the preparations and even flying in the sky.

The superintendent of organizing the Balloon Festival, Maryam Al-Moussawi, in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, is the great turnout to watch the festival’s activities, a clear indication of the great success achieved by the festival since its inception, noting that it also includes many activities that target all members of the family, which helped increase turnout on a daily basis .

33 balloons from 13 countries participate in the festival, and its activity is divided into three daily sorties, the first with sunrise and dedicated to free flying in the sky, and the second before sunset and dedicated to restricted flying at a height of only twenty meters, and the third at evening, and the flares of blimps are lit on the ground in a way My role coincides with the music and is the most watched event from the festival's audience.