The Cultural Department organizes Cultural and heritage festival in Lahj province

The Department of Culture in the General Secretariat of the Southern Transitional Council, and in coordination with the local leadership in Lahj province organized on Thursday a cultural and heritage festival under the title "Ala Al-Husseini Salam – Greeting to Al-Husseini", attended by a large crowd of citizens.The festival was hosted at Moawiya Stadium in the city of Houta, the capital of Lahj province, in which the head of the Cultural Department at the General Secretariat of the Southern Transitional Council, Amr Mohamed Aqeel, delivered a speech expressing the keenness of the Transitional Council and its leadership represented by President Aidaroos Qasim Al-Zubaidi, the President of the Transitional Council, in the province of Lahj and its leading role in the struggle to restore the cultural identity of the South State.Amr Aqeel explained that the establishment of this festival comes within the Cultural Department's plan, to revive the cultural heritage of the southern provinces, and will be followed by similar festivals.The head of the local leadership in Lahj province, Ramzi Al-Shoaibi, also delivered a speech in which he stressed on the importance of establishing such cultural festivals in the province of Lahj because of its cultural role for the people of the South.The festival included folklore and traditional parts from the provinces of Aden and Lahj, with musical passages from the traditional heritage of Lahj and folkloric dances performed by dance groups from the provinces of Aden and Lahj in addition to competitions and prizes for children.