SEOUL: The Sultanate’s Embassy in the Republic of Korea concluded its participation in the 11th Arab Cultural Festival, which was organised by the Korea-Arab Society (KAS) as part of the Korean Cultural Festival (C-Festival) at the Korean Convention and Exhibition Centre (COEX) in Seoul. The embassy’s participation included a traditional corner within the Arab countries’ embassies’ pavilion. It contained diverse traditional exhibits, photo exhibition highlighting landmarks from Oman and its modern Renaissance, tourist attractions and geological nature.
It also included Omani hospitality corner for Omani dates, sweet (halwa) and coffee. Further, the Sultanate’s Embassy’s corner also distributed tourist publications promoting for the Sultanate’s diverse and unique tourist aspects. The Sultanate’s Embassy also took part in the fashion shows by the Omani designers: Mohammed al Subhi and Sumaiya al Harthy. The shows included male and female costumes from different governorates of the Sultanate. The Sultanate’s ambassador to the Republic of Korea said that the embassy was keen to take part in various cultural activities due to the importance of highlighting the Sultanate and features of the modern Renaissance, as well as historic, heritage and art aspects and tourism potentials. — ONA
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