2nd Dec - UAE National Day

The National Day of UAE is celebrated on 2nd Dec every year. The United Arab Emirates is a federation of 7 emirates, namely, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, Fujairah and Ajman. It was formed in the year 1971 under the leadership of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Yesterday was 2nd Dec and yet another year of successful relations between all the emirates. This was my 1st time that I saw such a celebration. The roads and buildings were decorated. The whole city looked lit up. People had decorated their cars displaying their love and patriotism for the country. There were water sports competition held, the chopper was flying through out the day with the national flag of the country(as in the picture above), there was a non stop 45 mins fireworks show at night which UAE claims to be one of world's largest fireworks.

It was good to see how the emiratis (people of UAE) respect their country, their leader. I had never seen so much crowd in Abu Dhabi before. The roads were jam packed with decorated cars. The parks and gardens were full with people enjoying the barbecues. It felt more like Diwali to me unlike the actual Diwali Day. ;) All in all an evening spent in a good way. :)