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HTMLText_250256B1_0A58_290C_4190_E98E81E4499B.html = Remal Sand Sculpture Festival
largest sand sculpture park in the world
March 24, 2014 KUWAIT
73 of the world’s best sand artists came to State of Kuwait and joined together to re-invent the stories of 1,001 Arabian nights.
Remal Sand Sculpture Festival
largest sand sculpture park in the world
March 24, 2014 KUWAIT
73 of the world’s best sand artists came to State of Kuwait and joined together to re-invent the stories of 1,001 Arabian nights.
The Third Calendar, Son of a King
Aqib, the son of a King was exploring the seas when he sailed near an island that magnetically attracts the iron of ships until they fall apart in the sea. When Aqib's ship sank, he swam to shore and found a dome bearing the figure of a man on horseback. He was approached by a group of men all blind in their right eye. They took him to their castle where they lived in misery. Aqib asked to know their story, so they sent him to a distant palace filled with 40 beautiful princesses. They offered the entire palace to him except the room with the forbidden Golden Door. Eventually, Aqib's curiosity overcame him and he opened it uncovering a with a black horse. He took the horse outside for a ride and it suddenly spread its wings and flew into the sky. The horse brought him to a castle before violently shaking him to the ground, knocking out his right eye. The familiar group of men approached him and he finally understood their story.
The Shipwrecked Woman and Her Child
A woman who was praying at the Holy City meets a poor woman sitting with her baby. She said she had been traveling on a ship when a sailor assaulted her and tossed the newborn overboard. Then a giant beast pulled the man into the sea. The woman was rescued by a nearby ship which was also carrying her baby. The woman claimed that this experience moved her closer to God and she vowed to never leave the Holy City. The other woman offered her money but she politely refused, saying that she would only accept help from God.
The Queen of Serpents
A man named Hasib was lost in a cave and wandered deep underground. He encountered the Queen of Serpents who offered her kingdom's hospitality to him. Hasib was grateful, but he yearned to return home. She let him go after he promised to never enter a hammam, which she claimed would kill her. After months of being back home, Hasib forgot his promise and walked into a hammam. His stomach instantly turned black and the Sultan's guards arrested him. They explained that the sultan had fallen ill his only cure lay in the Queen Serpent's flesh. They went to the cave, slaughtered the Queen of Serpents, delivered her flesh to the Sultan and saved his life.
The Fishes and the Crab
A pond with a number of fish had almost dried up until there remained barely enough water for them to survive. The smartest of them asked the crab for his advice. The crab explained that Allah has appointed a fixed lifespan for all His creatures, and that we shall not concern ourselves with his secret purpose but instead pray for his aid. When they did so, a violent rainstorm occurred which filled the pond fuller than before.
Prince Ahmad and The Fairy Pari Banou
Prince Ahmed secretly married a female genie named Pari Banou who lived in a majestic underground palace. He paid frequent visits to his home kingdom but never revealed his marriage to the Sultan. Eventually, the Sultan's advisors began to spread rumors of the source of Prince Ahmed's wealth, prompting the Sultan to send a black magician to investigate. She deceived Prince Ahmed into telling her of his wife and returned to the Sultan with this information. Knowing the truth, the Sultan requested that Prince Sultan have Pari Banou send him a magic tent to which she obliged. Delighted and jealous of Prince Ahmed's powerful wife, the Sultan requested magic water from the Fountain of Lions and she once again gladly complied. Then the Sultan requested Pari Banou send him a short, obedient yet extremely strong man who was capable of killing anyone. This perfectly described Pari Banou's brother so she sent him to the Sultan's service. When the man arrived, he slaughtered the Sultan, his advisors and the black magician who uncovered Prince Ahmed's secret, leaving the prince to take the throne of the kingdom.
Sinbad's Seventh Voyage
Sinbad is sailing with fellow merchants when pirates seize their ship, take them prisoner and sell them into slavery. Sinbad's new master was a wealthy ivory trader who ordered him to hunt elephants and retrieve their tusks. Sinbad went on to kill hundreds of elephants until a large herd of elephants capture him. They take Sinbad deep into the forest to a large hill littered with elephant skeletons enough to make one rich for several lifetimes. They deposited him there and left. After showing his master of the location, Sinbad was granted his freedom along with a generous sum of gold for his passage back home.
Scheherazade
King Shahryar was betrayed by his wife and declared that there is no truth in women. He instructed his advisor to find him a new wife everyday who he would marry, spend the night with, and execute the following morning. This continued nightly for years until he was introduced to Scheherazade. On their wedding night, Scheherazade asked the King if she could tell him a story to which he happily agreed. She began with the first tale but stopped short of the ending with the promise of completing it the following night. Intrigued by her storytelling, the King postponed her execution for another day. Scheherazade would repeat this process for 1,001 nights and in the meantime give the King 3 sons and demonstrate her loyalty to him. The King had fallen in love with her and revoked her death sentence. Scheherazade had sacrificed herself for the Kingdom using intellect, and some of the stories she told can be found around you.