The “Burka” is a distinctive sign that attracts visitors to the Liwa Dates Festival

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Burqa loan workshops and burqa patterns attract visitors to the Liwa Dates Festival, women and girls eager to pass by the “Emirati Women’s Personality” pavilion, which adorns the activities of the twentieth session held in Liwa city. Dhafra region.
Women and girls stop to take souvenir photos with the two-meter-high, 3-meter-wide, and two-meter-deep model of the burqa, and participate in the burqa lending workshop, an interactive artwork with the public. Using palm fronds that were part of the fabric of life in the past, through an approach that connects this material with those who are contemporary in the UAE, be they citizens, residents or tourists, in a comprehensive saying of the late founder Sheikh. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, “May God rest his soul.” The burqa lending workshop is linked to the model, decorated daily with colorful palm pieces, covered with the Nile cloth used in burqa lending.
The model and the workshop were organized by the Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority as part of the twentieth session of the Liwa Dates Festival, and were realized in collaboration with the Emirati artist Azza Al Qubaisi using steel, palm kernels (palm pieces), and various materials, while satire was replaced by “Threads used as lace for burqas are palm trees.” -they are made with a thick fiber rope, made in the traditional way, complete its parts in a precise way, which really resembles a burqa. The burqa has historically been considered one of the most beautiful pieces of clothing worn by Emirati women, and is not a piece that complements the traditional dress of Gulf women in general, and Emirati women in particular, but is closely linked to their identity. , the ornament and the benefits of wearing it.
The burqa has been and continues to be the face of responsibility for all foreign observers in the region for most hours of the day, and they do not take it off unless they go to bed or perform their prayers. The old burqa does not differ much in design from the present burqa, and there are many types of designs, and the names and details of these types differ from emirate to emirate, environment to environment, and age to age. .
In the past, some burqas were decorated with gold depending on the financial ability of the family, and this type was called “Najm Burqa” or “Bu Al-Nairat” As for the colors of burqa fabrics, there were green burqas (“Abu Saroukh. “), red “Nile” and Yellow “Abu Najma” It takes about an hour to make a single burqa by hand, and today it takes only minutes to make it with a modern machine.
The most important thing in making a burqa is to know how to cut and sew, usually it is rubbed with an oyster shell or some kind of stone, parts of it were used to make cutting and sewing easier and they were dyed with indigo. Today, the burqa has started to make its way into many products, including promotional products to promote it, protect it from extinction and preserve it as an ancient heritage, “occasional distributions, souvenirs, homeware stickers and accessories” Decorations, wall panels and bags, in addition to its involvement in the clothing industry. .
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