September 07, 2021 –Socotra Online
Reporting and Photography: Aref Abdo
The Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival, in its fifth edition in Socotra, which was held during the months of July and last August in Zayed City 1, showed the types of ancient Socotra heritage and presented it in a distinctive way to consolidate it among the visiting public.
In this report, we present the ancient traditional industries that the festival highlighted through its participants, as the island had mainly depended on it for several decades preciously.
The participant Saad Salem repeated the traditional image of the method of grinding grain in the past through the use of the millstone to grind all kinds of grains and turn them into flour used for food. Cereals, which is the method previously adopted in Socotra for the production of all types of food.
Mr. Mohamed Saad, one of the visitors to the pottery industries pavilion, pointed out that the Sheikh Zayed Festival was able to revive the pottery industries that were used as household utensils for the Socotri house in the past, which had disappeared in light of the development of modern industries and people refrained from using them, pointing out that the festival allowed us to see the authentic heritage of our previous lives from During what the women are doing by re-making some pottery in different and beautiful shapes.
He added, “Through my tour of the festival’s pavilions, I witnessed several parts of the Socotrian culture, and this is a wonderful and distinguished work. He extended his thanks and gratitude to Khalifa Foundation and those in charge of its activities for their role in reviving the lost parts of Socotri culture, as well as preserving the existing Socotra heritage.” To give an honorable image that stands out through the great cultural and popular heritage of Socotra.
These efforts have achieved an unprecedented public follow-up on the island, especially from the new generation, who learned about the huge number of distinctive customs and traditions on which their former ancestors depended.
