Sunday, March 13, 2022 – 8:19 PM
ABU DHABI, 13th March / WAM / The Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi will organize the Al Dhafra Maritime Forum tomorrow at the Mohammed Khalaf Majlis in Abu Dhabi to highlight the competitions and events of the 13th edition of the Al Dhafra Maritime Festival and the Al Dhafra Grand Championship for Kingfish Hunting for men and women “the third station”, which both They will be held from March 17 to 26 at Al Mughira Beach in Al Mirfa City, Al Dhafra Region.
The activities of the 13th Al Dhafra Marine Festival and the Al Dhafra Grand Championship for Kingfish Hunting for men and women “The Third Station”, are being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the Al Dhafra region, and are organized by the Cultural and Heritage Programs and Festivals Management Committee in Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club.
The forum will be attended by Issa Saif Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of the Cultural and Heritage Festivals and Programs Committee in Abu Dhabi, Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Director of the Planning and Projects Department in the Committee, Majid Ateeq Al Muhairi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Marine Races, and a number of officials from the Organizing Committee and participants in the festival’s competitions.
This comes as a translation of Abu Dhabi’s cultural vision in preserving and reviving the cultural heritage and ensuring its sustainability by passing it on to future generations, and in commitment to the role of the Committee and the Abu Dhabi Marine Club in promoting the values of loyalty and belonging through the practice of the authentic Emirati heritage, and consolidating the values of the Emirati heritage in loyalty and loyalty to the leadership and the homeland as an authentic example. And work to convey the civilized and humanitarian message of the Emirates to the various cultures and peoples of the world.
The launch of the thirteenth session of the Al Dhafra Maritime Festival and the second session of the Al Dhafra Grand Championship for Kingfish Hunting comes as a continuation of the rational leadership’s approach in supporting heritage marine competitions, preserving national identity and preserving heritage in all its forms, and as a continuation of the path of the founding leader, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Thrah” who gave his attention to heritage marine races, diving trips, shipbuilding and marine heritage competitions, in order to introduce young people and the younger generation to the profession of their ancestors in the past.
WAM / Reem Al-Hajri / Ahmed Al-Boutli