Janadriyah Festival to kick off Wednesday near Riyadh

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Friday 29 Jan 2016 - 16:14 Makkah mean time-19-4-1437 Riyadh, (IINA) - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is set to open the National Festival of Heritage and Culture (Janadriyah), organized by the Ministry of National Guard in Janadriyah, on the northern outskirts of capital, Riyadh, and the grand camel race next Wednesday, Al-Riyadh Newspaper reported.   This was announced by Deputy Minister of National Guard Abdulmohsen Al-Tuwaijri, who is also deputy chairman of the festival's higher committee at a press conference in the attendance of Germany's representative Michael Omacht, Deputy Chief of Germany's diplomatic mission in Riyadh. Al-Tuwaijri explained about programs and activities of the festival, saying that the King's patronage of the event is yet another evidence of his interest in the importance of knowledge and culture in the building of nations and proceeding with the country's march to consolidate the effective leading role of the Kingdom in the Arab and Islamic worlds.  He welcomed the German delegation as the Federal Republic of Germany is the festival's state guest this year. He paid tribute to late King Abdullah  the initiator of the festival and long-lived supervisor of the event which he incepted in 1981. He also announced that Abu Abdulrahman bin Aqeel Al-Dhahiri will be honored as this year's cultural personality and will be awarded King Abdulaziz Grade I medal in recognition to his cultural, intellectual and literal contributions to enrich the cultural and scientific literature in the Kingdom. German Ambassador to the Kingdom Boris Ruge thanked King Salman for hosting Germany as the honorary guest for Janadriyah 2016. He considered this as a special honor for Germany. He said Germany’s pavilion in Janadriyah will showcase the country’s culture and history. He added that men of letters from Germany will participate in the festival, according to Saudi Gazette. AG/IINA