Last night we went to see a camel race here in Ghayathi. Well we didn't see the reace but we did have quite the experience. We ended up meeting the big wigs, getting interviewed by a reporter from Dubai and taking a million PR pics. At first we were very concerned about going to the official ceremony area since none of us were dressed appropriately...I mean when we left our apartments we thought we were going to a casual camel race. Oh and there were a grand total of 9 women at the event-we 7 of them were in our group. Anyway, true to Arabic form they were very hospitable and showed us around, gave us a rundown of the history and purpose of the event(to maintain their cultural identity) and lots of tea, coffee and sweets. It was a good night.
The event is running for 6 days. Each day there's a Beautiful Camel competition with 10 winner and the winners get a luxury car. There are also camel sales and last year one camel went for 25million dirhams! We were told that the first day of competition is open to all (folks come from Saudi, Qatar etc to compete) but the rest of the days are restricted to UAE nationals. True to form I did not bring my camera along but others did so here are some pics of last night.
The event is running for 6 days. Each day there's a Beautiful Camel competition with 10 winner and the winners get a luxury car. There are also camel sales and last year one camel went for 25million dirhams! We were told that the first day of competition is open to all (folks come from Saudi, Qatar etc to compete) but the rest of the days are restricted to UAE nationals. True to form I did not bring my camera along but others did so here are some pics of last night.
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