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Gallery: Explore UAE’s culture and heritage at Liwa Date Festival in Al Dhafra region

The 11 day-event offered heritage lovers colourful activities, cultural celebrations, traditional performance and competitions, where a number farmers were rewarded for producing the best types of date through the season.

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An Emirati woman placed freshly-picked dates from a palm tree into a basket during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi. The Liwa Date Festival aims to preserve Emirati heritage, specifically palm trees and half-ripe dates, knows as "ratab", which are deep-rooted in the Gulf country's traditions.

An Emirati boy holds up a freshly-picked date during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

An Emirati child carries a basket filled with freshly-picked dates during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

Emirati men check baskets of Dabas and Khalas dates during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

Emirati musicians perform during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

Emirati men check baskets of Dabas and Khalas dates during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

An Emirati man pours coffee during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi.

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