Sharjah24: Emirati folklore, one of the titles of the identity, draws a clear path to popular culture: how grandparents spent their time? What arts they liked? And where these arts came from? "Sharjah 24" presents the eight-episode heritage programme "The Voice of the Past ... Stories of Emirati Folk Art" throughout the holy month of Ramadan to explore and dig deep into the Emirati heritage.
A century and a half passed since the art of “Al Maled” came to the country. Al Maled is the art whose name was associated with the birth of the Noble Prophet and some religious events, as Ali Al Abdan, Director of the Artistic Heritage Department at the Sharjah Institute for Heritage Institute explains .
Al Abdan pointed out that the main purpose of this art is on religious occasions, such as the birth of the Prophet, Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj (the Night Journey and Ascension), but some families may request the performance of Al Maled in marriage, and some of their social occasions.