Organised by the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee - Abu Dhabi and the Emirates Falconers Club, the festival’s first edition was, in fact, in 1976, initiated by Shaikh Zayed ...
"The King Abdulaziz Festival is a great opportunity to learn more about the heritage of falconry and exchange experiences," she told the Saudi news agency SPA. The King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival ...
Falconry was added to the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage in 2010, in countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "Originally a means of obtaining food ...