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Camel Bling at Abu Dhabi's Camel Festival

In all beauty pageants what one wears is most important. Beauty contestants usually get decked out in flowing evening gowns and skimpy swim suits. But camel beauty contestant dress in dazzling bling-bling called hatat. The hatat is artfully draped over the hump and around the neck and face like precious jewels. Actually, some are jewelry as they are made with real gold…

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Added by Katie Foster on February 11, 2017 at 6:37pm — No Comments

10 Tips for Enjoying the Al Dhafra Camel Festival, Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi, UAE

There is an art to enjoying a camel festival . . .

If you are looking for an authentic Arab experience, the Dahfra Camel Festival is a must see.

This celebrated festival occurs the last two weeks of December in a desert camp city that sprouts up just outside…

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Added by Katie Foster on January 14, 2014 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

My First Omani Wedding . . . A Distinctive Arab Experience

The female security guard discretely slips me through a side door and gestures for me to sit at the table in the corner. The Arabic music is pulsating and the room is reverberating with the nervous energy of 400 women. Suddenly, the lights dim and everyone turns to watch. A bride, dressed in a Western-style long white wedding gown with matching trailing veil has a…

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Added by Katie Foster on December 27, 2013 at 3:48am — No Comments