Festival of light illuminates Sharjah

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Festival of light illuminates Sharjah. Festival highlights heritage sites and Islamic architecture, delighting residents and visitors with a spectacular show of lights and sound. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00The 6th edition of the Sharjah Light Festival presents several surprises and new creative

00:13designs.

00:15Public buildings, mosques, universities and even markets bask in beautiful eye-catching

00:20lights and colors.

00:22The festival offers a distinctive blend of lights and sounds to create various designs

00:26using the latest lighting techniques to display artwork on major buildings and highlighting

00:31the heritage of Sharjah and its Islamic architecture.

00:35What allows Sharjah to host this kind of festival is the architecture that we have.

00:40The architecture that we have in Sharjah is different.

00:43It's very detailed.

00:44There are a lot of details in the design of the facades of all of our buildings.

00:49They're really iconic.

00:50What people always think is that it's just a light festival that we have projections

00:54on the buildings and that's it.

00:56But this is not really what the light festival is about.

00:59The light festival is more about positioning Sharjah internationally on the world tourism

01:03map.

01:04Besides, there are many other dimensions to the light festival, spreading the message

01:10or the identity of Sharjah and the culture behind all of these buildings.

01:15So it's not only the building, it's what's behind that building.

01:18There is a lot of thought, there is a lot of, you know, a vision from His Highness the

01:24Ruler of Sharjah for Sharjah being a cultural hub.

01:29The festival, which runs from February 4 to 13, under the theme Travel Across Time, has

01:34expanded to new locations, including Al Qasimiyah University, University City Hall, Planetarium

01:40Jubail New Market, Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah and Cultural Palace, among

01:45others.

01:46Over the years, the Sharjah Light Festival has come to occupy a prominent position in

01:50the calendar of events in the region, attracting thousands of local and foreign visitors.

01:55Irish Eden Belyeza for Gulf News.

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