festival "We died in Hatta" Lazorah organizes 140 creative workshops

Dubai, December 25 / WAM / Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Dubai Government Media Office, as part of the various activities it organizes at the “Shatana in Hatta” festival, and within the framework of the “Shattana Hatta” initiative, presents to visitors of the festival this year, 140 various workshops. It is suitable for all ages and interests, as part of its keenness to give visitors the opportunity to enjoy the winter atmosphere and interact with the cultural and artistic activities and workshops that are held amid the picturesque nature of the Hatta region. What makes the event an ideal destination for families and visitors of different ages.
The workshops focus on a set of artistic skills and simple handicrafts of a creative nature, inspired by the environment of the Hatta region, which is rich in its diverse natural and heritage attractions, which makes it one of the most prominent tourist destinations in Dubai and the UAE in general.
The workshops, which are available free of charge to the festival’s audience, include many different skills, such as engraving on wood, glass, mirrors, and metal surfaces, making Islamic decorations on various surfaces, embroidery and decorating fabric bags with seashells, designing gift boxes, and manufacturing simple products using elements from the environment, such as the most famous plants that Hatta is distinguished by other artistic skills, a large part of which has been taken into account to be linked to the local environment.
Mahra Al-Youha, a member of the organizing committee of the Shatana Festival in Hatta, said that the workshops are among the most important community activities and events included in the festival this year, as they are not just a way to acquire new skills, but rather a platform to stimulate creativity and encourage the development of self-skills, with the aim of creating a sustainable impact from In terms of consolidating the values ​​of creativity.
She added that the festival, in its second year, aims to shed more light on this important tourist and heritage area, contribute to promoting it and the many and varied elements of distinction it possesses, and enhance community awareness of the importance of sustainable practices to preserve the environment and cultural heritage, noting the increase in these workshops. This year, it increased by 40% compared to the number in the first session of the festival, during which about 100 workshops were held, which received great demand, especially from children and their families, as Brand Dubai worked in cooperation with the parties participating in organizing these workshops. To provide the necessary needs to provide a distinctive experience for visitors from inside and outside the country.
Among the workshops included in the festival this year are concrete painting workshops, presented by Alia Lootah and Noura Kalban from Medaf. They also offer workshops on decorating canvases with seashells, and others on glass painting, cake decorating, and Islamic decorations on concrete. Metal surfaces, as well as drawing on wax, and fabric bags. Asha Johar also presents a workshop for drawing on cups, Sheikha Muhammad, an embroidery workshop, and Sheikha Al-Muqbali, a workshop for creative uses. For beads.

Al-Hanouf from “The Swing House” offers workshops on the arts of embroidery on cloth bags and embroidering letters on bags, and the festival is organized in cooperation with “MOFUN”, and workshops to teach the arts of engraving on mirrors using clay, and embroidery with a needlepointer, as well as Sheikha Obaid from “NSSFMA”. By teaching children different jewelry box designs, as well as drawing on wood and mirrors, while the “Embroidery House” offers a lesson in the methods and skills of using needlepointers.
The festival was keen for children to have a large share of its activities, as Brand Dubai, in cooperation with (MOFUN), offers specialized workshops that suit them, including drawing workshops on fabric bags and others to teach them to decorate plant pots, coloring figures using acrylic, and workshops for forming accessories with paracord ropes, in addition to To decorate mirrors with clay.
“The Swing House” also offers workshops for children in embroidering pillows, and other lessons in methods of shaping clay, designing mosaics inspired by the nature of Hatta, and pinning pieces of fabric to clothes in creative ways, in addition to workshops in designing jewelry and beads.

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