The Sheikh Zayed Festival welcomes 2023
By breaking four Guinness World Records
Over one million people from the UAE and abroad attended the Sheikh Zayed Festival on New Year’s Eve to greet the New Year of 2023 with the greatest fireworks display and drone show, which broke four Guinness World Records.
The impressive drone and fireworks displays, which took place for the first time in the area and were recorded by the Guinness World Records, attracted a large crowd of spectators to the Festival grounds.
More than 3,000 drones flew up the sky of Al Wathba in different colours of light and formations to greet the crowd at the conclusion of the thrilling show that successfully broke three Guinness World Records. The largest fireworks display lasted for more than 40 minutes amid an atmosphere of joy.
Al-Waleed Osman, the adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, commented on this wonderful achievement and confirmed that the Sheikh Zayed Festival managed to break four records throughout the event, three of which were for the fireworks display and a new record was established by the magnificent drone show.
In addition to the Multirotor/drone, he added, the largest formation of a Quick Response (QR) code was made by drones in 30 seconds, as were the majority of pinwheel fireworks, most repeated firework images, and most girandola fireworks.
The Festival region was transformed into a major international art destination as a result of the entertaining international folklore and cultural performances that were part of the participating nations’ new year festivities and wandered the Festival grounds and pavilions.
Through the cultural dance performances and live music performances on the numerous pavilion stages located throughout the grounds, visitors were also exposed to the art and culture of these nations.
The public expressed their satisfaction with the various exhibits and performances, including the pavilions for Emirati Civilizations and the Heritage Village, as well as the Fun Fair City, Children’s City, Art District, Go-Kart races, Crazy Car, Glow and Flower Garden, Selfie Street, Dessert Museum, and many others.