Antigua & Barbuda, the twin-island nation of 365 seashores, has celebrated its Expo 2020 Dubai nationwide day.
The occasion featured a flag-raising ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza, a vibrant cultural efficiency and a topically diversified enterprise convention.
Henry Charles Fernandez, minister of tourism and funding of Antigua & Barbuda, accompanied by Gilbert Boustany, commissioner normal of Antigua & Barbuda at Expo 2020, had been welcomed by Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, United Arab Emirates minister of state for international commerce.
Proudly celebrating the nation’s Ruby Anniversary (40 years) of political independence, Fernandez stated it was an honour to be sharing the momentous event with each individual at Expo 2020, with the event made much more significant in Dubai, a nation constructed on the ideas of inclusion.
Fernandez stated: “Dubai’s transformation to a extremely environment friendly metropolis, created with such class and intricacy, highlights the sophistication of the visionary management of Dubai, and by extension, the United Arab Emirates.
“To have the capability to host such a world occasion on the perimeter of one of many worst pandemics in fashionable historical past is verification of the resilience and progressive management the UAE is lucky to have.
“Expo 2020 Dubai indicators a world name for partnerships and assist.
“This unparalleled Expo has given small island growing states – [such as] Antigua & Barbuda – the chance for enterprise and commerce on a world scale.
“This Expo will enable for intensive partnerships to be cast and for the renewal of diplomatic friendships as we navigate our means out of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Antigua & Barbuda’s nationwide day celebrations included ‘Wadadli’, a 20-minute cultural presentation that explores the nation music, dance and heritage.
The efficiency highlighted the origins of Antigua and Barbuda’s Afro-European percussive metal band rhythms, the sounds of the 20th-century musical phenomenon, the steelpan, the melodies and poetry of the nation’s best calypsonians and soca artistes, in addition to their vibrant actions.
