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A woman selling different perfumes at Al Dhafra Festival.

Caretakers walking the camels for milking at Al Dhafra Festival in Madinat Zayed, in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Alia Obaid, 8, from Madinat Zayed has a love for falcons and trains with them often at Al Dhafra Festival.

Visitors during the Al Dhafra Festival at Madinat Zayed.

A woman selling items at her stall.

Women stand outside a stall with a photo of Sheikh Zayed in the background.

One of the stalls where people can shop for Emirati goods.

Local Bedouin women making traditional handicrafts.

Al Dhafra Festival runs until January 22.

Al Dhafra Festival offers an authentic Emirati heritage experience and will host Bedouin cultural events.

Stalls selling traditional clothes, scents, handicrafts, and food items at the festival.

In the festival's milking camel contest, the camels are judged by the weight of the milk they produce.

Milk collected during the milking camel contest is poured into a container.

An amount of milk collected is measured as part of the milking camel contest.

Camel 'beauty pageants' are held daily during the Al Dhafra Festival.

Camels being trained for running.

Camels are lined up for the 'beauty pageant' that takes place every day.

Participating camels at Al Dhafra Festival.

Caretakers walking the camels through the desert at Madinat Zayed.

A car follows camels being walked by a caretaker at the site of Al Dhafra Festival.

A bukhoor seller in her stall.

A woman selling different perfumes at Al Dhafra Festival.

Caretakers walking the camels for milking at Al Dhafra Festival in Madinat Zayed, in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Alia Obaid, 8, from Madinat Zayed has a love for falcons and trains with them often at Al Dhafra Festival.

Visitors during the Al Dhafra Festival at Madinat Zayed.

A woman selling items at her stall.

Women stand outside a stall with a photo of Sheikh Zayed in the background.

One of the stalls where people can shop for Emirati goods.

Local Bedouin women making traditional handicrafts.

Al Dhafra Festival runs until January 22.

Al Dhafra Festival offers an authentic Emirati heritage experience and will host Bedouin cultural events.

Stalls selling traditional clothes, scents, handicrafts, and food items at the festival.

In the festival's milking camel contest, the camels are judged by the weight of the milk they produce.

Milk collected during the milking camel contest is poured into a container.

An amount of milk collected is measured as part of the milking camel contest.

Camel 'beauty pageants' are held daily during the Al Dhafra Festival.

Camels being trained for running.

Camels are lined up for the 'beauty pageant' that takes place every day.

Participating camels at Al Dhafra Festival.

Caretakers walking the camels through the desert at Madinat Zayed.

A car follows camels being walked by a caretaker at the site of Al Dhafra Festival.

A bukhoor seller in her stall.

A woman selling different perfumes at Al Dhafra Festival.

Al Dhafra Festival: everything you need to know about Abu Dhabi event on Bedouin life

Until January 22, the festival will hold camel beauty pageants and other competitions while showcasing Emirati heritage, crafts and food

January 14, 2022

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