Al Bashayer camel festival to kick off in Adam on Feb 12

MUSCAT: Al Bashayer Square Committee for Arabian Camels revealed the details of the seventh edition of Al Bashayer annual festival 2023, which will be held on February 12 to 17, at Al Bashayer Square in the Wilayat of Adam. The camel festival will be organised with the support of HH Sayyid Asaad bin Tarik al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs, Personal Representative of His Majesty the Sultan.

The seventh edition of the festival will continue for six days with Omani and GCC participants, competing in 74 rounds in different categories to win the valuable prizes, 20 cars and 15 icons including the Cups, the golden and silver swords.

The first day, February 12, will be for ‘Hagayeg’ category, two years old, for 4 km. Nineteen races will be in the morning with cash prizes for the top ten. In the afternoon, there will be six main races with car prizes for the winner and cash prizes for the top 10.

The second day, February 13, will be for the ‘Lagaya’ category, three years old, for 5 km divided into 15 races in the morning time with cash prize for the top 10. Five main races will start in the afternoon, five cars for the winners and cash prizes up to 10th place.

The winner at sixth edition race for 12 km

The third day, February 14, will be for ‘Yathaa’ category, 4 years old, for 6 km race. Eleven races will be in the morning with cash prizes for the top 10. Four main races will be in the afternoon, the winners will have cars and cash prizes for the top ten.

Fourth day morning, February 15, three races will be for ‘Thanaya’ category, 5 years old, for a distance of 8 km. Four races are allocated for ‘Al Hawl’ category, 6 years and above. Both categories will have cash prize for the top 10.

The afternoon competitions will be for human riders, two races will be for 1,500 metres and the main race will be for 12 km. The winner will receive a SUV car and cash prizes for the top 10.

The concluding ceremony will be held on the final day, February 17, afternoon. The competition will include 4 main races for 8 km for old category -- two races will be for individuals with SUV cars prizes for the winners and two races will be for organisations. The camel owners will compete to have the Cup and a car in the first two races. The winner in the fourth race will have the golden sword and a SUV car, while the third race winner will get silver sword and a SUV car.