The Camel Club, the general supervisor of the King Abdulaziz Festival for Camel Beauty, which is held in the southern deserts of Al-Dahna, announced that registration for the King Abdulaziz Competition for “Asayel Camel Beauty” will be closed electronically after three days.
The competition allows the owners of “Asayel Camel Outfitters” who have not been able to register until this moment to complete the procedures for registering their camels, after fulfilling all the conditions for this competition. In addition to the general conditions set by the Camel Club before opening the door for registration through its website.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Camel Club, Fahd bin Falah bin Hathleen, had announced that the third edition of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival will witness a competition for purebred camel groomers for the first time.
The conditions announced by the Camel Club in this new competition include the camel and individual categories; This was described by a number of camel owners as a "strong push", which is in favor of caring for an important type of camel, which will reflect financially on its owners and contribute to their preservation as an "important popular heritage."
While experts in camels counted the King Abdulaziz competition for “Asayel Camel Outfitters” as a precedent in the world of camels in the Kingdom, stressing that this will be the main and direct factor in the rise of Saudi camel stocks and their entry into the competition abroad.
The current version witnessed development in several areas, which camel owners considered a "strong addition" to which they are accustomed by the organizing committees of the festival in each of its sessions, the most prominent of which is the King Abdulaziz competition for purebred camels, and allowing borrowing from others in the stallion category.
The camel owners raised their thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and to His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman – may God protect them – for the care, attention and unlimited support they provide for folklore, including the support of camel breeders and lovers in this festival, which raised their value and shares and became a focus. Attracting camel lovers and breeders.
Okaz (Sahid)