Al Dhafra Festival Shifts Into High Gear: 35,000 Camels, 4,000 Camel Owners And 1,000 Camps

It is a sight to lay eyes on! As for the eye can see, one azba after one more - the conventional Arab camps total with opened up sitting tents, sleeping tents and also pet pens - topped the desert of Madinat Zayed in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, where the recurring Al Dhafra Festival maintains drawing in several of the prettiest as well as priciest camels from all over the Arab Gulf.

"We have 35,000 camels joining the Festival and 4,000 camel proprietors," said Mohammed container Adhed Al Muhairi, Director of camel charm competitors at Al Dhafra Festival."We likewise have more than 1000 camps on the Festival grounds from all over the Gulf countries. Not all them, though, come right here for the competitions. Some camel proprietors are right here simply to market or acquire camels.".

Organised by the Cultural Programmes and also Heritage Festivals Committee - Abu Dhabi (CPHFC), this nine edition of bigger compared to ever Al Dhafra Festival, began on December 10th and also it will certainly take place till December 30th. This last weekend, the Festival changed right into a higher gear, as Al Dhafra Camel Mazeyna (beauty competition) started on December 19th.
"In the first week of the Festival we had the Baynounah camel mazeyna, which was for Emirati camel owners only. Currently we began the Al Dhafra camel charm contest, ready for all Gulf countries camel owners," discussed Al Muhairi.

"In the first day of the Al Dhafra camel mazeyna we had 9 different categories competitors with 270 camels joining all them," he added.
Completely, there will be 66 Al Dhafra camel beauty competitors this year for purebred gold hair Asayel camels that originate from Oman as well as the Majahim, the black ones from Nejd, Saudi Arabia.

The different categories competitors will certainly finish with the magnificent Bayraq groups for both Asayel and Majahim, which will certainly crown the best looking herd of 50 camels with a prize money of AED 1,000,000. Second position will certainly be granted AED 500,000, while the third will receive AED 300,000, the 4th AED 250,000 and the 5th AED 200,000.

Many various other Al Dhafra camel appeal competitions honor the top 10 victors with new Nissan as well as Chevrolet 4x4 cars, in addition to prize money. In addition to all other Emirati heritage associated competitors prizes, Al Dhafra Festival hands out this year AED 50 million in awards.
Aside from types of camels, each classification of the appeal competitions is likewise provided for sheikhs and also tribes' camels.

"This is to be reasonable towards tribes. Sheikhs usually get top prize camels and they can invest much more on lugging for camels as well, while other camel proprietors could not have the same possibility," stated Al Muhairi.
Wether sheikhs' or tribes', taking part camels have to bring a recognition electronic chip and they should be removed from the vet from any type of disease or fungus infections such as scabies.

Each competition classification could last around 2 hours, as the courts take their kind to look at each individual camel, examining its age, well being as well as its appearances. The body-legs-neck percentages, the hair colour as well as appearances, the lips, teeth and also eyes are all taken into consideration before the judgement is passed.

"Maintaining the appeal of a camel is challenging. Much of it comes from what you feed the camel. Some people provide it milk with honey and also the very best top quality yard as well as fruit. Such foods would help the camel's bones, hair as well as basic appearances," stated Salem Al Mansouri, among the Emirati camel proprietors participating in Al Dhafra Festival.

"The sort of food you feed a camel would likewise have a direct impact on the taste of the milk it makes," he included.

As much as the eye could see, one azba after one more - the conventional Arab camps full with opened up resting outdoors tents, resting tents and also animal pens - dispersed over the desert of Madinat Zayed in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, where the continuous Al Dhafra Festival maintains attracting some of the prettiest and most expensive camels from all over the Arab Gulf."We have 35,000 camels participating in the Festival and also 4,000 camel proprietors," said Mohammed bin Adhed Al Muhairi, Director of camel appeal competitions at Al Dhafra Festival.

Some camel proprietors are right here simply to market or purchase camels.".
"Maintaining the charm of a camel is not simple. Such foods would certainly aid the camel's bones, hair as well as basic looks," said Salem Al Mansouri, one of the Emirati camel owners taking some in Al Dhafra Festival.