Dubai Tradition & Arts Authority (Dubai Tradition) has introduced the fourth version of Hatta Cultural Nights, an initiative designed to supply guests to the Hatta area quite a lot of cultural and leisure experiences. The occasion encourages exploration of the area’s historic, pure, and cultural options, in addition to its distinctive traditions and customs, showcasing parts that improve Hatta’s place as a vacationer vacation spot. This initiative aligns with the Hatta Grasp Improvement Plan, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, geared toward reworking Hatta into a lovely vacation spot for enterprise, funding and tourism regionally and internationally.
Set to happen on the Hatta Heritage Village from 22 December 2024 to 1 January 2025, the occasion agenda includes a collection of heritage actions, inventive performances, and leisure showcases that spotlight the tradition of Hatta. Guests can take pleasure in poetry evenings with native poets, in addition to conventional folklore and inventive performances by specialised teams presenting Al Harbiya, Al Ayala, and Al Azi. The programme additionally contains stay classes that includes conventional devices just like the Rababa and Oud, interactive drum performances, bubble and balloon exhibits, and extra.
The occasion provides a mix of cultural, heritage, and leisure experiences, together with traditional automobile shows, bike excursions, and workshops on astronomy, Arabic calligraphy, and conventional crafts comparable to Talli embroidery, Sadu weaving, Burqa stitching, and palm frond weaving. These workshops, led by expert artisans, additionally embody a devoted house for conventional youngsters’s video games, designed to counterpoint their experiences and introduce them to the area’s wealthy heritage.
As a part of Dubai Tradition’s help for the Hatta Winter Pageant initiative below the Dubai Locations marketing campaign, Hatta Cultural Nights will host a standard market showcasing creations by native households and entrepreneurs. The market displays their dedication to heritage whereas additionally that includes quite a lot of progressive merchandise from inventive abilities, empowering them to current their work to the neighborhood and strengthening Dubai’s inventive and cultural industries.
Mariam Dhain Al Tamimi, Performing Director of the Heritage Websites Division at Dubai Tradition, emphasised the significance of Hatta Cultural Nights in highlighting the area’s wealthy historical past, pure magnificence, and heritage landmarks, saying, “Via Hatta Cultural Nights, Dubai Tradition seeks to empower the individuals of Hatta and its inventive abilities, enabling them to advertise their initiatives whereas supporting their financial, cultural, and industrial actions. This initiative showcases the area’s distinctive cultural and heritage experiences, aligning with Dubai Tradition’s dedication to preserving native heritage, safeguarding nationwide id, and embedding it within the hearts of our neighborhood.”