8 impressive rehearsal chapters in celebration of the "Fiftieth Union Day" that gather the history, present and future of the UAE
The official presentation of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Union, which was held this evening under the foot of the Hajar Mountains and among the picturesque nature of the Hatta region and its dams, lakes, valleys and monuments, included 8 exhibition chapters, which were collected over a period of 37 minutes (show duration) between the eras before the declaration of the union and the era of technological renaissance. It also sheds light on traditional arts and dances, and pioneering personalities who influenced the country, and revived the biographies of Emirati women who left luminous and honorable historical fingerprints that reflect the role and influence of Emirati women in their society over time.
The first chapter of the artistic performance was titled “The Line and the Land”, which began with the appearance of 50 drummers gathering around an oval lake floating on the deep waters of the Hatta Dam, to present a percussive and overlapping playing that reverberated among the mountains, meeting with the echo of the “scar” that reverberated among the mountain tops, The embodiment of ancient mountain art and a traditional festive cry that characterizes the Shihuh tribe in the country, then the landscape began to transform to form a musical instrument on a giant rotating stereo screen in the middle of the floating stage of the celebration, marking the start of the official celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Arab Emirates.
The second chapter of the show, titled "Nomadic People", began with an audio commentary: "Our ancestors have always been instinctive engineers across time and space, harnessing technology and nature to harmoniously find for themselves a place in this planet and the universe," followed by the transition to the hologram in which a line appeared. A drawing in the sand symbolizes the first stick that the ancestors planted in it to establish themselves in this universe, between the sun and the earth, until this stick was turned into an old sundial to reveal the oldest form of the Emirati compass known as the "Deira".
In a lyrical narration, the third chapter of the artistic show, which was titled "Mothers and Roots", for the first time, revealed 5 female characters who are Emirati heroines who played a key role in the history and story of this country, as it shed light on Sheikha Maitha bint Salmeen Al Mansouri, the wife of Sheikh Zayed Bin Khalifa, the grandfather of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was known for her courage, confronted a group of men who approached her rackets, impersonating her brother to protect her, which made this story a source of inspiration for successive generations of Emirati women.
The presentation also reminded of Sheikha Hessa bint Al Murr Al Falasi, grandmother of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE.
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Hak Dubai, may God protect him, who was known for her advice and advice in financial affairs, which had no great influence on Dubai, and was also famous for her charitable works.
Among the historical women leaders on whom the show focused, Sheikha Shamsa bint Sultan Al Marar, who was an exceptional fisherman who fished pearls and fish, was known for her courageous efforts in preserving and disseminating sea rituals and traditions. The famous treatment known for its traditional treatments including "tagging".
She was a botanist with great knowledge of the medicinal uses of native plants.
Finally, the show celebrated the Mother of the Emirates, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, who leads many humanitarian and charitable initiatives around the world in support of women and children, and continues to inspire a generation of women who follow Drive it and emulate it.
With the beginning of the fourth chapter of the show, which was titled "The Idea of Union", a anthropomorphic of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, appeared on the giant screen, and fog began to appear, reminding of the fog that descended on the hill in the Samih area in On the morning of February 1968, when the idea of the union was formed for the first time, then the show moved to the emergence of the union agreement engraved with the signatures of the founding fathers, until the ink of these signatures dried up together in the December sun, so that the seven founding fathers appeared in the iconic photo that was taken on December 2, 1971 , marking the formation of the Federation of the United Arab Emirates.
With an audio commentary by the founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, in which he said: "Give me agriculture.. give you civilization," the fifth chapter of the show, titled "Zanha Zayed", began, which embodied in a wonderful artistic and exhibition painting a story of transformation. The country from the desert to a green oasis, with an audio commentary saying: "What started as a desert one day has become today a paradise of palms and lush trees that embodied the vision of the founding father to transform the desert into a green oasis."
The giant stereoscopic screen showed human models of the most ambitious architectural formations in the country, starting with the homes of humble peoples, passing through the towers and forts, and ending with the most inspiring buildings in the world, in a scene that combines nature with human development in harmony to testify to the continuous development of the United Arab Emirates.
Under the title "The National Anthem of the United Arab Emirates", the show moved to its sixth chapter, which included a chilling performance during the playing of the country's national anthem, accompanied by a dazzling water-light show and fireworks that all come together to form the UAE flag.
In its seventh chapter, titled "These Emirates", the show moves to an exciting display on the giant stereoscopic screen of the development of life in the UAE since its founding until today, during which the giant sculpture turns into "Deira", the ancestors' first tool for keeping time, which continues to evolve. Until it turns into a complex clock that adjusts the course of the country through time and space, and with it archival footage is reflected on the sculpture to represent the main moments in the history of the nation, which move through time until its arrival at this moment, crowning the current history with Expo 2020 Dubai, with an audio commentary: "Our homeland has gathered Always among people through our values of creativity and coexistence.. We welcomed the world in the United Arab Emirates, the home of dream and achievement.. This is the collective history engraved in our memory, and this is our story.
The artistic performance moves to its final chapter, which was titled "Letters to the Future", during which three young girls appeared who wrote three future letters to themselves, in which they sketched their dreams and scientific and practical ambitions, dreams that they actually succeeded in achieving after they grew up, where the first message began. The first Arab astronaut, Nora Al Matroushi, a child who addresses herself in the future and wonders about space, stars and planets, then wonders about the enormous possibilities that lie in the sky and thinks about how she will reach them one day, which is what has been achieved to become today Nora Al Matrooshi, the first Emirati woman And an Arab undergoing training to become an astronaut.
The show moves to a girl who embodies doctoral student Maitha Bu Ghannoum, as she writes to herself in the future, and wonders about the future of the planet, animals and fish, then writes about the turtles she encounters and the cruises she loves with her family, until today Maitha is a doctoral student focusing her research on animals The dugong in Abu Dhabi.
Finally, a girl who embodies the Emirati data scientist Tofool Al Nuaimi appears wondering about the possibility of counting every grain of sand in the Emirates in a message she sends to herself in the future, and dreams of collecting numbers and data and establishing meaningful links between nature and technology, until this girl, Dr. Tofool Al Nuaimi, became a leading data scientist using Machine learning to provide data automation services to companies around the world, ending the presentation with a sculpture revealing complex data networks in an amazing display of the potential of the future of the UAE and its people.
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