• Hamad Al Ameri sings during the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Hamad Al Ameri sings during the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Horseman participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Horseman participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • A young guest attends the opening of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    A young guest attends the opening of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Horsemen participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Horsemen participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Tribes participate in the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Tribes participate in the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Audience members watch the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Audience members watch the Union March, during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Audience members watch the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Audience members watch the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, dances during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon, Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Director of the Martyrs' Families' Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court, and other dignitaries. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, dances during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon, Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Director of the Martyrs' Families' Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court, and other dignitaries. Mohamed Al Suwaidi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Audience members watch the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Audience members watch the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohamed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon and Mubarak bin Garran Al Mansouri. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohamed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon and Mubarak bin Garran Al Mansouri. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Tribes participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Tribes participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Mohamed Al Suwaidi for the Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Ruler's Representative in Al Ain Region, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of State for Tolerance and Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Director of the Martyrs' Families' Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Seen with Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Ruler's Representative in Al Ain Region, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of State for Tolerance and Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed, Director of the Martyrs' Families' Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attends the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Horsemen participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Horsemen participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Camel riders participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Camel riders participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Rashed Al Mansoori / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
  • Camel riders participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Omar Al Askar / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
    Camel riders participate in the Union March during the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival. Omar Al Askar / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi

UAE leaders at the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival - in pictures


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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended the March of Union on Sunday as part of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2017 in Abu Dhabi.

The march sees tribes from across the Emirates come together to take part in cultural mix of arts and traditional pastimes on the outskirts of the UAE capital.

"We look at yesterday with pride, we look at today with confidence, we see the bright future, with the help of Allah the Almighty, when we see the tribes of the Emirates participating in the march of the Union on the knees of our early founders, united, supportive and synergistic," the Crown Prince said.

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"The March of the Union leads us to broaden the horizons of progress and development with the solidarity and cohesion of the tribes of our nation and its people, and their attachment to the originality and heritage of their past and present."

The march is organised by the Ministry of Presidential Affairs was attended by Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid, Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah,  Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Abu Dhabi Ruler`s Representative in Al Ain Region, Sheikh Surour bin Mohammed, Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, Sheikh Omar bin Zayed , Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation,  Sheikh Khalid bin Zayed, Chairman of the Board of Zayed Higher Organisation for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs (ZHO), Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan, Adviser to the UAE President, Fahad bin Falah bin Sultan bin Hethleen, Chairman of Camel Club in Saudi Arabia, a number of Sheikhs and top officials.

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