The Asean Committee in Doha (ACD) organised Asean Family Day recently at Barzan Olympic Park. Staff of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam embassies and their families attended the event.
Each Embassy contributed a game and traditional food representing their country. Indonesian Ambassador Deddy Saiful Hadi gave the opening remarks as chairman of the ACD and it was followed by Golf Putting game by all ambassadors and their spouses.
The games organised included Tug of War, Race Clogs, Cat & Mouse and Sack Race. Winners were presented with gifts from sponsors like Qataindo Indonesian Supermarket and Lulu Hypermarket.
All the ambassadors received greetings from the Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Saoud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani and were presented gifts delivered by the management of Barzan Olympic Park on his behalf.
ACD is coordinating with Katara to organise the Asean Festival Week (AFW), which will be held at Katara on April 30 till May 2. At the AFW, there will stalls of handicraft products, traditional food and arts performances by performers from the seven Asean countries along with local talents from Asean diaspora in Qatar.
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