Andrei's jacket weighs 3 kilograms and does not feel heavy

A child collects 240 hairpins at the "Dubai Expo"... and a security guard reaches 350

• Andre prepares to add more weights to his jacket.

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• The Jordanian pavilion not only distributes its pins, but also gives its visitors rubber bracelets and several gifts.

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Twice a week, the Spanish child Andre Monclus Cuyo was making his way from Abu Dhabi to “Expo 2020 Dubai”, to fulfill his passion for collecting commemorative pins, and to see the largest number of wings, to be able so far, to collect 240 pins that he used to decorate his jacket, which weighed three kilograms. , indicating that he does not feel its weight, and does not mind adding other weights to it.

Andre, who is eight years old, said that he was inspired by this hobby when he saw a person putting a large group of pins on his hat, to start his journey in collecting pins himself, and his parents bought some of them, while he collected others from the wings of the countries he visited, which amount to 180 One of the pavilions of "Expo 2020 Dubai", stressing that he will not stop until he visits them all.

Exploration trips

On the reason for his interest in visiting the "Expo" weekly, Andre added: "I love coming to the exhibition because I can do many activities here, and explore different things each time."

He continued, "There are many pavilions that are worth a visit, but the Vision Pavilion is my favorite, I love culture, and (Vision) contains a lot of information that I want to know, and there is also a horse anthropomorphic, which is more like a moving platform."

just the beginning

For his part, Davinder Singh, of Indian nationality, was not satisfied with his work as a security guard in one of the pavilions of "Expo 2020 Dubai", but was keen to come to the exhibition even during his days off to collect souvenirs from the participating pavilions, where he has so far collected 350 pins from 133 pavilions, This step will be the beginning of his visit to future Expos to complete his collection, he hopes.

The pavilions either sell these pins or offer them free of charge to the exhibition's guests when they visit the pavilion, as is the case in the Jordanian pavilion, which not only distributed its pins, which are distinguished by combining the flags of the UAE and Jordan, but also gives its visitors rubber bracelets, and distinguishes the young ones by giving them an additional souvenir gift which is It is a shawl bearing the state flag.

"We want our visitors to have an exceptional experience, so we were keen to present souvenirs to commemorate this visit," said Nidal Al-Dabbas, director of the Jordan Pavilion.

• 180 pavilions of the «Dubai Expo» visited by the Spanish child of eight years.

• Davinder Singh makes sure to come to the exhibition even on his days off in order to complete the collection of souvenirs.

Andrei Koyo:

• “Many pavilions are worth a visit at (Expo 2020 Dubai), but the Vision Pavilion is my favorite.”

Nidal Al-Dabbas:

• “We want visitors to the Jordan Pavilion to have an exceptional experience, so we were keen to present souvenirs to commemorate this visit.”

It is ranked second after "Passport".

The hobby of collecting pins comes in second place among visitors after collecting the stamps on the “Expo 2020 Dubai” passport, and it has become very popular with adults and children, so that some types of pins have already begun to run out of sales outlets, especially the golden “Expo 2020 Dubai” logo pin. , which has been very popular since the beginning of the event.