(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: Activities of 10th edition of the Senyar Festival, organised by the Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, began yesterday. It will continue until May 4.
The opening ceremony was held at Old Doha Port at 4:30am where 69 traditional dhows carrying 850 captains and sailors set sail, including 82 from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and 80 from Qatar, heading towards Al Bandar, designated for the Hadaq and Al Laffah competitions in Sealine area.
The 2024 Senyar Festival is sponsored by the Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM), along with many entities and companies contributing to the festival.
Jihad Al Jaida, head of the jury at the festival, said,“The Senyar 2024 was characterised by smoothness and ease after it faced some challenges represented by emergency and unusual climatic conditions, as the traditional bearings participating in the Haddaq and Laffah tournaments started after the heavy rains stopped and the strong winds calmed down.” He added that teams participating in Senyar have begun to engage in their competitions in Sealine area in an exciting atmosphere of fair competition, pointing out that the times allocated for hunting during the days of the competition are between 4:30am and 6pm. He said the Al Qaffal celebration, which will be held on Saturday, May 4, at Katara Beach, will witness the announcement of the winning teams in the competition, in order to maintain the atmosphere of enthusiasm and competition among the participating teams, as the first team will receive QR1m; second-placed QR500,000; and third-placed team will receive QR300,000.
Meanwhile, the team with the highest catch of fish will receive QR50,000 prize; second-placed team QR30,000; and third-placed team, QR 20,000.
Al Jaida said participating teams and winners of the first 15 places in the Senyar competitions will qualify to participate in the“Balmasan” tournament, which will be held on Halul Island for four days and will have its own conditions, laws and prizes.
The Senyar Festival 2024 allowed four people from GCC countries and residents of the country to join each team, whose number of members ranges between 8 and 12. It also allowed two children aged 10-14 to be accompanied within each team, provided that they are approximately first-class in the same bearing, in order to consolidate sea habits in the hearts of children and youth who, during previous editions, showed a great passion for following the authentic heritage vocabulary of fishing and diving.
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