The sixth edition of the Halal Qatar Festival, which kicked off at the Katara Cultural Village yesterday, is continuing to attract a lot of people.
The event, which will run until March 4, boasts of several activities that aim to revive Qatar’s olden culture.
The festival has succeeded in providing a snapshot of Qatar’s ancestral way of life to upcoming generations and preserve Arab identity and Islamic culture, reported Qatar Tribune.
Halal Qatar is a great opportunity to resuscitate Qatari heritage and relive simple lives amidst the dunes at Al Mazain, Al Mazad Auction and sheep barns presentation.
Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti clould not stress the importance of the event enough.
“This is one of the most important events Katara hosts every year and it attracts a lot of local and regional visitors. We always try to promote local enterprises in a manner that’s both sustainable and competitive. Halal Qatar Festival provides a platform fir such businesses, to display their livestock products to the public,” Gulf Times quoted Al Sulaiti as saying.
This year’s main events include Al Mazain — a beauty contest for sheep and goats, Al Mazad — a public auction of livestock and barns enclosures, which showcase different types of goats and sheep including those from Syria and other Arab regions, reported The Peninsula.
“We wanted to build on the event’s success by offering new contests and issuing new conditions and regulations. An exciting expansion of the event this year involves allocating more prizes that includes 27 cars to be awarded to the winners,” said Al Sulaiti.
The festival has attracted not only local participants but also those coming from other GCC countries.
The festival also features a series of traditional tents showcasing Qatari handicrafts such as rug weaving, wool dying and quilt making.
A ‘children's tent’ depicting folklore performances has drawn audience in large numbers.
From today onwards, the festival's morning session will run from 9am to 12pm and will be dedicated to school trips. The afternoon session, from 4pm to 10pm, will be open to the public.

Picture courtesy: Gulf Times