{"id":29784,"date":"2020-10-15T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/saudi\/en\/?p=29784"},"modified":"2020-10-15T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:33:12","slug":"saudi-falcon-festival-is-ongoing-and-bids-on-the-birds-have-crossed-sar-2-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/announcements\/saudi-falcon-festival-is-ongoing-and-bids-on-the-birds-have-crossed-sar-2-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saudi Falcon Festival Is Ongoing And Bids On The Birds Have Crossed SAR 2.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third edition of the King Abdulaziz Falcon Festival was launched last week and is expected to run till mid November.<\/p>\n<h2>The festival is the biggest of its kind in the world and aims to promote Saudi heritage<\/h2>\n<p>It is held annually under the organization of the Saudi Falcon Club at the Malham Center, north of Riyadh, and is also the largest falcon race in the world &#8211; it even has a Guinness World record for it.<\/p>\n<p>Falcon owners from not just the Kingdom but across the region come to take part.<\/p>\n<h2>There are two main parts of the event<\/h2>\n<p>The festival is divided into \u201cAl-Malwah\u201d, which is about hunting falcons to hunt and \u201cAl-Mazayin\u201d, which focuses on the showcasery.<\/p>\n<p>And on just\u00a0 the first day of the festival, only 4 falcons were showcased by the total amount on bidding reached SAR 300,000.<\/p>\n<p>In the week to follow, around 19 falcons were auctioned and bids went as high as SAR 2.5 million!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0648\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0646..<br \/>\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064a\u0651\u0628 <br \/>\u062a\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0647\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0632\u0627\u062f_\u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a_\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0642\u0648\u0631<\/a> \u0628\u0623\u0631\u0636 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0647\u0631\u062c\u0627\u0646_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643_\u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632_\u0644\u0644\u0635\u0642\u0648\u0631<\/a> \u0628\u0645\u0644\u0647\u0645. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a_\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0642\u0648\u0631_\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Odtmu7PjVP\">pic.twitter.com\/Odtmu7PjVP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0642\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a Saudi Falcons Club (@SaudiFalconClub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiFalconClub\/status\/1312779712738004994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The third edition of the King Abdulaziz Falcon Festival was launched last week and is expected to run till mid November. 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