Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi opens an exhibition "Trinity of heritage"

Abu Dhabi, April 10 / WAM / The Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi opened its cultural exhibition, “Truths of Heritage: Traditional Fashion and Jewelery for Emirati Women”, to celebrate the cultural identity and the development of arts, in cooperation with the archive and the National Library, and the Heritage Observatory at the Sorbon University of Paris, and the Culture and Arts Authority in Dubai, during a special evening held at the university.

The organization of the exhibition comes within the framework of the “Year of Society”, to devote the importance of cultural heritage as a pillar to enhance collective identity, preserve the material heritage and support dialogue between generations.

The exhibition opens its doors to the audience until the third of next May, to take visitors on an overwhelming knowledge visual journey that highlights the development of Emirati women’s fashion and their traditional jewelry between the past and the present, by reviewing a selection of clothes, jewelry, poems and rare artifacts.

The exhibition is organized by Dr. Christophe Mullets, associate professor in the Department of Archeology and the History of Art and Specialized in the field of textiles, in cooperation with a group of archaeologists, academics and researchers in the fields of heritage and literature.

The exhibition focuses on four main axes that highlight the development of Emirati women’s fashion and jewelry, as a mirror of society’s transformations and social, economic and historical development, and its transformation into a symbol of Emirati cultural identity.

The exhibition takes its visitors on a serial period of time that monitors the features of the development of fashion and jewelry in the UAE from the beginning of the twentieth century until today, with a highlight of the period of the seventies of the last century as a decisive stage that reshaped the visual and symbolic features of the traditional dress.

The exhibition also includes a group of artifacts that reflect the cultural dimensions associated with these transformations, as well as a group of rare Emirati jewelry discovered and supported by visual documents that highlight craftsmanship and the importance of these pieces in forming cultural identity.

Professor Natalie Marcial, Director of the Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi, said that the cultural heritage is the link that unites the past with the present, and the ‘threads of heritage’ offer a platform that allows the public to interact with the tales, traditions and symbols that formed the Emirati identity, and also reflects our firm commitment to celebrate cultural diversity, preserving heritage and promoting community dialogue, in line with the targets of the “Sunni Society” vision.

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