On its first day, the Liwa Dates Festival received 2.5 tonnes of dates from around 60 farms participating in the Al-Dabbas auction and Biggest Dates competition, as part of the 20th edition of the competitions held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. , UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Presidential Office in the city of Liwa in the Al Dhafra region, organized by the Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority and in strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). ), which will last until July 28..
The twentieth session of the Liwa Dates Festival includes 23 competitions divided into 11 dating competitions for the categories of “Dabbas, Khalas, Fard, Al-Khunaizi, Boumaan, Al-Shishi and Akbar Adaj”, Al-Dhafra and Liwa competitions. elite dates, Fard and Khalas Al-Ain competitions”, and 7 fruit competitions in the “Natural dates” category, Various and local lemons, various and local mangoes, red and yellow figs, and a homemade fruit basket, and 3 farm models. “Western cities, Eastern cities and Al Dhafra cities” category competitions, the most beautiful myth competition and the most beautiful heritage model competition, and the total prizes of the festival are more than 8 million and 300 thousand dirhams.
The Jury of Rutab Mazayna received entries for the competitions “Dabbas Rutab” and “Akbar Adaj” as part of the first day’s competitions, the results of the “Dabbas” competitions will be announced tomorrow afternoon, after the committee has evaluated the dates in Mazayna. visits the site and competing farms to ensure they meet the requirements and standards for the competition..
The organizing committee of the festival distributed 25 prizes for the Dabbas Dates Dressing Contest, worth 446 thousand dirhams, the first winner received 100,000 dirhams, the second runner-up 75 thousand dirhams and the third runner-up 40 thousand dirhams, and 15 prizes for the biggest model. A contest worth 234 thousand dirhams..
Tomorrow, as part of the fruit competitions, the festival will receive entries for the mango competition in the local and variety category, for which ten prizes have been distributed in each category, with a total value of 234 thousand dirhams..
The festival witnesses many events and competitions aimed at visitors, such as daily competitions for the main theater, popular market, pavilions of supporting and participating national entities, mobile food trucks, children’s village and various popular competitions.