Somewhere in the background, a sporting tournament is taking place.
But sometimes it is all too easy to confuse the Dubai Rugby Sevens with a fancy dress party, as these pictures by Satish Kumar, a photojournalist with The National, show.
The official Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Seven onesie – in national colours, with long and short versions – made its debut at this year’s competition.
Local costume shops reported a brisk trade in figure-hugging “morphsuits” and outfits made of Astroturf with rugby balls attached.
The Rugby Sevens, launched in 1966, are regarded as one of Dubai’s biggest sporting tournaments – if not its biggest party.
The slogan for this year’s event was “Everybody Play” – and so they did.
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