Thousands visit Halal Qatar Festival

2/28/2016 9:49:33 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Schoolchildren pose for a group picture at the festival.

DOHA: Thousands of people visited the fifth Halal Qatar Festival which concluded at Katara yesterday.

The annual festival organised by the Cultural Village Foundation saw the attendance of children from various schools.

Ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from the US the UK Pakistan Argentina Turkey Algeria Bulgaria Spain Costa Rica Mexico Brazil Peru Korea and the Philippines were among those who visited the 10-day festival.

They praised the festival which reflected Qatari and Gulf heritage through its rich content including local belongings art works and handmade objects displayed in the traditional market.

They also appreciated the attention Qatar provides to cultural and traditional events at Katara to preserve Qatari heritage and identity amid the advancement and modernisation the country is witnessing in various aspects.

The festival provided visitors from all walks of life with opportunity to learn more about the customs and traditions of Qatari people in the desert coastal areas and the city.

The festival also included arts and crafts traditional food games and folkloric songs traditional tents and Arab-style majlis.

Dairy cattle-based products perfume folkloric crafts and swords among others were sold at stalls.

The Ghaith outlet for swords displayed a wide variety of traditional swords used in Al Ardah traditional dance.

These swords are best known for their durability beauty crescent shape and light weight which is between 1kg and 1.2kg. They are made of steel gold or silver and their long sharp edge determines the price.

The outlet also sold wooden rifles and spears coated with gold or silver.

The ‘Bu Saif’ stall drew several visitors to its honey products such as Seder honey collected from beehives in Seder orchids north of Qatar Shahaniya Mazrooa and Rawdat Al Faras.

The honey is best prescribed for respiratory diseases as it is collected during the cold winter months.

There were also antique stalls which sold art objects and old household items such as coffee pots radios perfume dispensers and chests made from high-quality black timber where sea captains keep pearls. The market also had a stall for Arab and foreign perfumes whose ingredients varied between oils herbs and flowers.The Peninsula

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