775 prizes at the Madinat Zayed auction within the Al Dhafra Festival
Abu Dhabi, December 11 / WAM / The Madinat Zayed decoration competitions, the third leg of the 18th session of the Al Dhafra Festival, will begin tomorrow, and will continue until December 19, in Madinat Zayed in the Al Dhafra region, organized by the Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority.
The Al Dhafra Festival Organizing Committee allocated 775 prizes to the winners of Madinat Zayed’s 85 rounds, with a value exceeding 12 million dirhams. The runs are distributed among local camels, Majahim, and hybrid camels, Asayel and Al-Wadh, within 6 age categories (Mafarid, Haqayeq, Laqaya, Idhaa, Thanaya, Hawal).
During the past few days, the vicinity of the auction site witnessed an influx of mounts of purebred camels from within the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and the bachelors of camel owners who participated in the auction and lovers of heritage auctions also spread to the site.
Today, the organizing committee finished installing the electronic tag for the camels in preparation for participating in the auction, and the tagging continued for 3 days in Madinat Zayed in the Al Dhafra region.
The Al Dhafra Festival, in its 18th session, includes camel auctions in 4 stations (Sweihan, Razin, Madinat Zayed, and the closing of the Al Dhafra Festival). The Sweihan auction (the first station) was held during the period from 21 to 28 last October, and the Razin auction was held (the second station). From November 14 to 21, the Madinat Zayed auction will start (the third station). Tomorrow, Thursday, will continue until December 19. As for the closing auction of the Al Dhafra Festival (the fourth station), it will be held from January 11 to 30, 2025, and includes, in addition to a camel auction, a comprehensive festival that includes many heritage competitions.
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