This year’s festival includes 23 stands for displaying various types of dates.
The activities of the Al-Dhaid Date Festival, organized by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), attracted a large number of applicants for the “Ratab Al-Khalas” competition, which was divided into farms of the Northern Emirates regions and farms in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The festival runs from July 22-25.
The second day was dedicated to the “Ratab Al-Khezini” and the “Ratab Al-Shishi” competitions, while the last two days are dedicated to the “Mazayna” competition of lemons and “Mekhrafa” competition for women.
The fifth edition of the Al-Dhaid Date Festival, which began on Thursday, saw the introduction of two new competition categories, one for local mango and the other for yellow and red figs. The festival’s organizing committee allocated a special pavilion to showcase the products of the 2021 season from the two new categories. On the fourth day of the festival, winners of the local mango and yellow and red figs competitions were honored.
This year’s edition, which is held under the theme “Authenticity of the past and glory of the present,” includes 23 stands for displaying various types of dates. The organizing committee also urged the public to follow the festival’s accounts on social media platforms to learn more about the raffle draws that have several prizes such as iPhone 12 Pro smartphones. Al-Al-Dhaid Date Festival has become one of the most important annual events for palm growers in the eastern and central regions of Sharjah as well as in the other emirates of the country, said Mohammed Musabeh Al-Tunaiji, general coordinator of the festival. He said the festival plays a key role in improving the quality and diversity of local dates through its various competitions.
Therefore, the SCCI was keen to increase the value of the prizes given out in the festival, in addition to introducing new categories that contribute to maintaining the significant position of palm trees and encouraging their cultivation. The festival also aimed to highlight the various types of crops that Sharjah and the other country’s other emirates are known for, Al-Tunaiji added.