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Thousands throng Dubai Festival City as 'Eid in Dubai' celebrations get off to a grand start.


Summary: A 25-minute fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics.
fireworks

Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to
 display combined with a dazzling laser and water-fountain show provided for a brilliant spectacle on the opening day of 'Eid in Dubai' celebrations at Dubai Festival City Dubai Festival City (In Arabic: دبي فستيفال سيتي) is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. , a key sponsor of the event, on Tuesday, September 30, as thousands of visitors gathered at the mall for Eid-Al-Fitr.

Thousands throng Dubai Festival City as 'Eid in Dubai' celebrations get off to a grand start

A 25-minute fireworks display combined with a dazzling laser and water-fountain show provided for a brilliant spectacle on the opening day of 'Eid in Dubai' celebrations at Dubai Festival City, a key sponsor of the event, on Tuesday, September 30, as thousands of visitors gathered at the mall for Eid-Al-Fitr.

Starting off at 8pm, the fireworks display was planned meticulously so as to go in perfect synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission.

(2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization.

(3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP.
 with the water-fountain and laser show, attracting the applause of shoppers and visitors present at the venue. The show was part of numerous other events organized in the 'Eid District', a specially set-up venue in Dubai Festival City.

The Fun Fair, featuring electronic games Electronic Games was the first video game magazine published in the United States and ran from 1981 to 1985. Co-founded by Arnie Katz, Joyce Worley and Bill Kunkel, it is unrelated to the subsequent Electronic Gaming Monthly. , rides, and popular redemption games attracted vast crowds of children and their parents to the venue. For those culturally inclined, the Heritage Zone provided an insight into all the elements of a traditional Eid celebration through exhibits, cuisine, and music. A horse-riding area at the zone also added to the excitement.

The Festival Centre stage in the mall attracted the most crowds with Arab singers and a huge ensemble of musicians playing various songs and music from countries across the Middle East. While music bands played on stage, solo musicians lent their artistic creativity to enhance the festive spirit of Eid across Dubai Festival City. The rich music repertoire featured instruments such as violin, flute, cello, and traditional instruments like oud oud  
n.
A musical instrument of northern Africa and southwest Asia resembling a lute.



[Arabic 'd, wood, stem, lute, oud.]
, nay, qanoon, and tabla tabla

Pair of small drums, the principal percussion in Hindustani music of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The higher-pitched daya, played with the right hand, is a roughly cylindrical one-skinned drum, usually wooden, normally tuned to the raga's tonic.
.

The Eid District was also the venue for the Fuwallat, a custom of greeting and welcoming visitors during Eid celebrations, with around 50 volunteers in the mall offering tea, dates, and even incense incense, perfume diffused by the burning of aromatic gums or spices. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments. It is also found in the major religions of Asia.  to visitors. [c] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)

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