To celebrate

Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video clip documented the organization of hundreds of people from the Shammar and Otaiba tribes, in a celebration at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Al-Sayahed area, in support of Khaled Al-Ghaisem Al-Shammari, who attended the party.

The video showed the celebration participants dancing, expressing their joy at Al-Ghaisem’s participation and their wish for him to win first place in the Shalfa competition.

The seventh edition of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, whose activities are held in Al-Sayahed under the slogan “Himt Tuwaiq”, saw new updates, especially the introduction of the Bedouin breed, the second cup in the elite category competition, and awarding half a million riyals to the runner-up, plus 40 points to compete for the Shaddad Prize. Twenty minutes in the Shalfa Crown category, with the introduction of the “Hajeej Al-Qa’dan” round, and the addition of new points for the “Shaddad Nadir Al-Safar” award categories.

Interestingly, the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is an annual cultural, economic, sports and entertainment festival which aims to consolidate and enhance the heritage of camels in Saudi, Arab and Islamic culture and to provide a cultural, tourism, sports, entertainment and affordable destination for camels and their heritage.