DOHA: Katara, in collaboration with the Palestinian Qatari Friendship Association, is launching a week-long Palestinian Heritage Week today in Building 3.
The festival will present a glimpse of ancient Palestinian heritage through an exhibition of Palestinian crafts, pottery and copper artefacts, ornaments and furniture, as well as folk performances.
Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, said: “We are happy to host Palestinian Heritage Week with its various activities and performances that reflect the history and culture of the Palestinian people over the ages.”
“We continually seek at Katara to extend bridges of communication with many cultures; therefore, we organise such cultural weeks that highlight the heritage and arts of many countries and create convergence between people. Hosting Palestinian culture today is evidence of our desire to inform the Katara audience, from various categories and cultural backgrounds, of this ancient culture in all its details, concepts and values that formed the identity of the Palestinian people and is the symbol of their struggle and bravery. We ask all the public of Katara to get to know some features of Palestine’s culture and civilization,” he added.
The opening day includes a number of popular and artistic shows, such as a Dabke folk performance by Ebdaa band for Palestinian Dabke, and a number of folk songs by Askalan band for traditional music and Palestinian folklore.
An exhibition of traditional crafts, which differ in their colours and decorations and reflect the environment and the historical stages witnessed by Palestine over the ages, will be held tomorrow.
The fourth and fifth days will feature a lecture on the history of photography in Palestine, with a presentation by Palestinian historian Dr Khalil Chawka, and a lecture and presentation on Palestinian heritage and art by Professor George Aama, an expert on and the largest collector of Palestinian heritage and art.
The sixth day will feature a workshop that combines Palestinian and Qatari graphic art, in the presence of a group of Palestinian and Qatari graphic artists.
The final day will include an exhibition of traditional crafts and a traditional fashion show, in addition to a performance of Palestinian Dabke and folk songs.
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