United Arab Emirates (UAE) is participating as a guest of honor in Morocco’s 10th edition of the Tan-Tan (Moussem) Festival on June 4-9, 2014. Middle East Online
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* Mazrouei: UAE’s participation as guest of honor at Moroccan Festival will contribute to promotion of Emirati culture, heritage regionally, globally. *
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Middle East Online (Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 15, 2014) — Under the theme ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage and Its Role in the Development and Rapprochement of Peoples,’ the United Arab Emirates (UAE) participates as a guest of honor in the activities of the state-sponsored 10th edition of the Tan-Tan (Moussem) Festival in the Kingdom of Morocco on June 4-9, 2014. This participation comes in recognition of the successful experience of the UAE in the field of cultural activities at all levels, whether local, regional, or international. Through this participation, the UAE seeks to promote dialogue and cultural exchange while celebrating the values of friendship and tolerance.
The participation of the UAE aims at strengthening the feeling of pride in the local heritage. It also seeks to elevate this heritage and promote the efforts that have been made to inscribe the elements of intangible heritage on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The UAE has recently succeeded in registering falconry, sadu and taghruda (a poetry form) as part of the world heritage at the UNESCO. On this occasion Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Adviser for Culture and Heritage in the Court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Chairman of the Cultural Programs and Heritage Festivals Committee – Abu Dhabi said: “Certainly, we would like to remind, here, of the authentic and deep-rooted bilateral ties that have existed between the two countries and peoples, and this for decades.”
“The participation of the UAE as a guest of honor at the Festival will definitely strengthen this friendship, and contribute to the promotion of the Emirati culture and heritage regionally and globally. The Emirati participation will also supplement the state’s cultural assets and agendas,” he added. “The Emirati-Moroccan cultural relations have always been excellent, especially in recent years,” Mazrouei noted. Morocco has vigorously participated along with 10 Arab and foreign countries in the campaign, led by the UAE, to register falconry as part of world heritage. These efforts culminated in the official inscription of falconry on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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