Festivals' Committee Organises 13th Edition of Liwa Date Festival
Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the Cultural Programs and Heritage Festivals Board - Abu Dhabi organises the 13th version of the Liwa Day Festival from the 19th to the 29th of July, 2017 in the city of Liwa in Al Dhafra region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
" The Liwa Date Festival aspires to protect the Emirati cultural heritage and attraction site visitors and travelers into discovering the local traditions. We have actually been working towards transforming the palm trees and dates right into a symbol of past credibility, a source of true blessing in today, and a guarantee of prosperity for the future," claimed Director of the Liwa Date Festival and Chairman of the Preparation and Projects Department at the Committee, Mr. Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei.
He likewise noted that the festival was intending to promote and protect the cultivation of palm trees through supporting and urging farmers to secure even more top quality.
" As the local production has actually revealed substantial growth, our company believe that farmers could obtain far better chances of excellence and competition in the UAE and the world," he stated.
For many years, the Liwa Date Festival has actually been an efficient platform for the excitement of financial task in Al Dhafra region. At the very same time, the Typical Market has actually effectively contributed to the support and promotion of Emirati products.
Running considering that 2005, this outstanding festival has offered full assistance for Liwa and managed to underscore its geographical, social and social prestige by appealing to vacationers and getting media's interest, on a yearly basis.
Al Mazrouei hailed the constant follow-up and endless assistance of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Agent in Al Dhafra region.
" HH Sheikh Hamdan has actually contributed with regular instructions that attended to the recurring growth of the festival and assisted with the production of unique collection of deliberate competitions," he said.
The new edition of the Liwa Date Festival is anticipated to feature different competitors, especially the Mazayna (competitors for the very best dates, consisting of various kinds and selections), Finest Lemons and Finest Mangoes, the Design Ranch Award, the Fruits of your house competitors, and the Best Heritage Design competitors.
The categories of the Day Mazayna include: Dabbas, Khallas, Bou Maan, Farth, Kunaizi, Shishi, Al Dhafra's Nukhba, Liwa's Nukhba, and Largest Etheg.
The linked activities include the organisation of the Traditional Market, with the engagement of greater than 240 Emirati family members, the Children's Town, the Dates' Market, awareness programs, and events by a variety of organisations.
It is also anticipated that the cultural programme of the 13th version will certainly be noted by the organisation of several workshops, and specialised workshops that are focused on individuals and site visitors generally. These workshops and workshops are planned to motivate the fostering of the very best technological systems and approaches so about enhance production without turning to making use of chemical fertilizers. The individuals will certainly find out about the various classifications and ranges of dates. They will certainly likewise obtain knowledge of the strenuous criteria taken on by the specialised court to identify participations and choose winners. The ranches' owners will certainly have the possibility to explore the techniques that are needed to safeguard the best performance at the Version Ranch Award. They will certainly likewise be encouraged to preserve the health at their ranches, safeguard of the dirt and sustain the used materials.
The Organising Committee is keen on offering a unique bouquet of amazing programmes, tasks and competitors that appeal to the public and add to the assistance of the Emirati cultural legacy, with the objective of strengthening the position of heritage in the hearts and minds of new generations.
Held on an area that stretches over 20,000 square metres, the previous edition of the festival has handled to attract over 80,000 site visitors, consisting of nationals, residents and tourists. More than 2,000 farmers took part in the various competitors and the winning participants safeguarded around 220 prizes, with a complete worth of about AED 6 million. The beneficial rewards were targeted at assisting the winning farmers enhance their production, modernise their agricultural devices and urge others to earn even more efforts and achieve excellence.
Every year, the Organising Committee acquires a large number of products from individuals and winners to support and motivate farmers to make higher initiatives and improve the quality of their production. All the versions of the festival have actually been qualified by the development of new date-based products, and afterwards the manufacture of these products by Emirati business, with aim of offering called for amounts for customers.
At the 12th edition of the festival, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Agent in Al Dhafra region, offered AED 1 million to support the Design Farm Award competition, which was introduced for the first time in 2014 with the participation of more than 100 farms from western and eastern Liwa Accordingly, the overall worth of rewards for the leading 10 placement increased from AED 500,000 to AED 1,500,000, the greatest value in the history of the festival.
The support of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan came to urge farmers to make higher initiatives and keep their agricultural activity in accordance with the highest recognised standards and finest international criteria. The step of His Highness likewise confirmed the significance of the Liwa Day Festival in the reinforcement of high quality, the maintenance of farms and the development of the farming sector in the UAE.
The Food and Farming Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has hailed the pioneering and effective Emirati experience in handling desertification. This international acknowledgment came to validate the farming renaissance that the UAE has been observing as an outcome of synergies.
According to figures that were launched by the United Nations in 2014, the UAE has actually been successful, over the last years, in growing regarding 130 million trees, consisting of 22 million palm trees that make up 20% of the complete number of palm trees on the planet. The UAE also inhabits a leading setting, among more than 40 nations, regarding the production ability and export volume are considered.
Over the last few years, Emirati experts have actually been successful in gathering half-ripe Khallas days, two months prior to their natural season. The global media extensively reported the farming advancement, emphasizing that it was the first of its kind in the Arab Gulf region. Besides, Emirati laboratory experiments have done well in cloning the first male buds of an unusual palm tree variety that is abundant in plant pollen and with the ability of fertilising concerning 25 palm trees.
The city of Liwa.
The city of Liwa is renowned for its growing farming task, productive fields, plentiful oases and the excellent quality of days created at local ranches. The city, which is referred to as the Gate of the Empty Quarter and the biggest oasis of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula, was preferred to host the Liwa Date Festival as a result of its diverse environmental and geographical functions.
Today, the city of Liwa is one of the leading destinations that interest visitors who look for tranquility and tranquility at the heart of nature. Providing a harmonious mix in between the here and now and previous, Liwa is house to some of the highest dune worldwide as well as a variety of historical fortresses and castles. The city dominates as a witness to the struggle of take on males in the face of rough desert surroundings, which were later changed right into sanctuaries and verdant lands for the cultivation of palm trees.
The different resources that were collected by chroniclers and researchers aim that the city of Liwa made up a safe haven for the people of Abu Dhabi, stopping the gain access to of any type of hostile strangers to their land. Liwa, which is recognized for expanding its beauty and generosity to all visitors, is a genuine Bedouin city that has actually been contributing to the preservation of the Emirati background.
"What makes a desert stunning is that it hides, somewhere, an oasis," stated a western traveler.
In the last few years, Liwa was changed right into an extensive modern location that supplies all required services. The initiatives of the Abu Dhabi federal government turned the city into a significant center for tourist and agricultural task in the region and the world. Appropriately, Liwa has flourished economically, with its flourishing ranches that produce varied selections and classifications of vegetables, fruits and days.
