The world is a mask that hides the real world.
Thatâs what everybody suspects, though the world we see wonât let us dwell on it long.
The world has ways - more masks - of getting our attention.
The suspicion sneaks in now and again, between the cracks of everyday existenceâ¦the bird song dips, rises, dips, trails off into blue sky silence before the note that would reveal the shape of a melody that, somehow, would tie everything together, on the verge of unmasking the hidden armature that frames this sky, this tree, this bird, this quivering green leaf, jewels in a crown.â¦
As the song dies, the secret withdraws.
The tree is a mask.
The sky is a mask.
The quivering green leaf is a mask.
The song is a mask.
The singing bird is a mask.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Abu Dhabi to UNSCO: Register falconry as a world cultural tradition
UAE for falconry as world tradition
Khaleej Times Online, 3 September 2005
Khaleej Times Online, 3 September 2005
ABU DHABI — The UAE seeks to register falconry as a world cultural tradition at the Unesco. The proposal will be announced on the sidelines of the upcoming International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, Abu Dhabi (Adihex 2005).
“This will make the UAE the first country that calls for registering falconry as a world tradition,” said Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazroui, Member of the Board of Directors of the Falconers’ Club and Chairman of the Organising Committee.
The proposal has received full support from the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
He praised the GCC states for being capable of evolving an excellent cooperation plan in the area of environment protection and sustainable development. He said this year’s exhibition, slated to start from September 12, will feature a substantial number of exhibitors as “bookings exceeded 130 per cent while the number of exhibitors surpassed 300 coming from 35 different countries.”
The five-day exhibition is expected to attract more than 70,000 visitors, he said, adding that for the first time a large area will be allotted for equestrian shows, where the biggest horse auction will be held in cooperation with the UAE Arabian Horses Organisation with participation of more than 400 horses presented by the most renowned horse breeders in the world.
On the sidelines of the exhibition, a camel auction, first of its kind in the world will be held in cooperation with the Camel Research Centre in Abu Dhabi, showcasing 135 she-camels produced via unprecedented scientific methods (the first tube camel in the world), he disclosed.
Al Mazroui revealed that a special exhibition titled: ‘Zayed the Giver’, will be inaugurated as part of Adihex 2005, to showcase rare pictures and great poems of late Shaikh Zayed on hunting and horseback riding. He said the organising committee has prepared an intensive advertising and marketing campaign through newspapers, magazines, TV and radio. More than 300 local, Arab and international media personnel from about 50 countries are expected to cover the event, he added.
