Leisure: Top festival promises plenty of family fun – Gulf Digital News

Leisure: Top festival promises plenty of family fun – Gulf Digital News

Everyone’s favourite festival, the Spring of Culture is back, with yet another instalment of fun for the whole family.

‘Akhenaten... Dust of Light’ will kick off the festivities tomorrow, which is also Arab Tourism Day.

The performance will evoke an ancient pharaoh of Egypt named Akhenaten, an exceptional historical figure who stirred up controversy throughout his lifetime.

Choreographed and directed by Walid Aouni, the show is a door into history, embodying the personality of this pharaoh, his relationship with his contemporaries and his life mission launched over 3,000 years ago, through expressive contemporary dances and theatrical scenes seeking to decipher his state of mind.

The event will be held at the Bahrain National Theatre in Muharraq from 8pm onwards.

Tickets are required and the show is open to those aged 16 and above.

A free event celebrating traditional Bahraini music will be held the following day.

Qalali Folk Band boasts a rich, long history stretching back more than 100 years in preserving and promoting the traditional seafaring musical traditions of Bahrain, most notably the Al Fjiri genre of the Qalali village in Muharraq.

The musical event will be at Dar Al Muharraq from 8pm onwards.

A solo exhibition by artist Ebrahim Khalifa opens on Sunday.

One of the artworks