Liwa Dates festival receives 500 kilograms and crowns the winners of “Shishi”.

Liwa Dates festival receives 500 kilograms and crowns the winners of “Shishi”.

The organizing committee of the Liwa Dates Festival announced the winners of the “Shishi” date auction as part of the competitions for the 20th session of the festival, which concludes on July 28 in Liwa City, Al Dhafra Region. Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority.

The organizing committee received 500 kilos of fresh fruit from 50 farmers from different parts of the country to participate in the auction, for which 15 prizes were distributed with a total value of 397 thousand dirhams, where the first winner received 100 thousand dirhams. the second received 75 thousand, and the third received 40 thousand.

The results showed “Heirs of Saif Mubarak bin Hafeez Al Mazrouei” won the first place, “Mualla Ali Murshid Khamis Al Marar” won the second place, “Muhammad Ali Murshid Al Marar” won the third place, and “Ghaya Ali Masoud”. Al Dhaheri” got the fourth place In the fifth place “The Heirs of Issa Faris Saeed Al Mazrouei”.

Yesterday morning, the festival received tickets for the “Boumaan” date auction, for which the organizing committee distributed 15 prizes with a total value of 397 thousand dirhams, the first winner received 100 thousand dirhams, the second 75 thousand and the third. 40 thousand

Yesterday, the festival received the works of farmers in the lemon competition in the “Local and Miscellaneous” category, for which the organizing committee distributed 10 prizes, 117 thousand dirhams for each category, and the results will be announced this afternoon, among 35 farmers. participated in the category of local lemons, with a total of 350 kilograms, and in the category of lemon varieties there were 33 farmers, with a total of 330 kilograms.

Educate

During the festival, Al Dhafra Hospitals, through its pavilion at the festival, offers the task of educating and raising awareness among citizens about the importance of practices that must be followed for a healthy and sustainable life.

The Healthy Eating Awareness Section advises visitors on what healthy foods are right for them based on their health needs.

The pavilion has a telemedicine section, which explains the telemedicine service, which connects patients in remote areas via video chat to chat with doctors in all hospitals in the western region, instead of traveling long distances to receive medical advice.

The Pavilion also offers educational books from the National Rehabilitation Center to visitors, including basic educational skills for parents and advice to follow to protect children from harmful behaviors that deal with substances, the destructive effects of their different types, ways to treat them and how to deal with its withdrawal symptoms, its psychological and with social, the dangers of alcohol and its treatment, the treatment of addiction and its role. when the family recovers from it.