Tamer Abdel Hamid (Abu Dhabi)
Emirati actors and producers emphasized that the keenness of drama makers to showcase features of traditional life in the Emirates, through series that compete in the Ramadan drama race of all kinds, whether human, social or comic, is necessary with the aim of introducing the emerging generations to the past and heritage of the ancestors, and introducing the other to the history of The UAE and its achievements in various fields.
Actor Saeed Salem, the executive producer of the series “Bu Hadhein”, which is shown on the “Emirates Channel”, said that the series “Bu Hadhein”, which belongs to the comedy, sheds light on the lives of ancestors in the past, by focusing on the marine heritage, such as diving and fishing. And a search for pearls, in addition to reviewing a large part of the folk arts and marine sports such as rowing. He added: It is our duty to review the heritage life in the past in our dramas, and to present a realistic picture of our beautiful past, with good content that is passed down from generation to generation, explaining that the events of “Bu Hajin” are related to people in the sea and associations of folk arts and marine sports, and it also raises social issues in a pleasant comic framework. It reviews the lives of the ancestors until the arrival of the Emirates in space.
A higher goal
For his part, Sultan Al Neyadi, the producer of the series “Bayt Al Qaseed”, which reviews the days of the thirties, difficult life, and the suffering of people at that time from some diseases such as smallpox, confirmed that the connection of most of the texts presented this year with the heritage content came by chance, and said: What is distinguished in heritage works is that « It does not get tired of it” no matter how many series we present, as it enhances and perpetuates the heritage, and its ultimate goal is to inform the present generation of the heritage of parents and grandparents, and to learn regarding their lives in the past, in addition to the most important part in that censorship of heritage works “from it and in it”, especially that Heritage is inherited between generations, and lives among us in society, so when it is transferred to the screen, we see it realistic and honest, and this stems from the help of experts and researchers in heritage.
Credibility and realism
For his part, the actor Mansour Al-Faili, who is participating in the series “Bayt Al-Qasid”, said: Heritage is an essential part of local drama, of all kinds, whether social or comedic. The use of a team that has extensive experience in the field of make-up, to show personalities in proportion to the time period of work events, whether in the sixties or seventies, and this matter requires huge production and a great effort from the work team.
He continued: Some consider heritage works as a kind of escape, because we cannot present what we want in contemporary drama, due to censorship or the like, but approaching heritage is the most appropriate in terms of richness and content, noting that local drama needs the birth of new writers.
evocation
Actor and author Abdullah Saleh confirmed that the traditional dramas that are presented on local screens from time to time, in the seasons of the Ramadan drama race, achieve resonance and excellence annually, by virtue of content and good content. Within real facts and events.