We attended the three day WOMAD (Peter Gabriel's World of Music, Arts and Dance) concert on the second day. It was good but sadly security was being selective in allowing people in. Beside us just as we entered were a couple of guys from Indai, Pakistan or Bangladesh. An events guy held up his hand to them while we proceeded. It had nothing to do with them being bachelors as we saw a few single male Europeans inside. So the laborers were forced to watch from the fence outside.
The first group was The Dhol Foundation. Details are here. The second group we saw was Abdullah Chhadeh & Syriana. Details are here. The last group that we saw was The Kamkars. They had ten performers. We saw all five performances on the third and last day and seeing Robert Plant was great! Heck of a deal considering that it they were all free. There were more non Westerners in attendance yesterday which was nice to see.
I had today off and worked out and then I met Darcy for lunch. I then walked home (only took 30 minutes but it was bloody hot out. However, it's nice to work four day work weeks. Below are some interesting stories....
WOMAD festival opens with a bang
UAE laws translated into English
Sharjah's tour guides put on right path
Emirate to close its bars and nightclubs
Mubadala issues first annual report
Personal odyssey into wilderness
Dubai's dark side - other stories about the UAE produced by ABC news are available
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