Jenadriyah

**Jenadriyah**, also known as the **National Heritage and Culture Festival** or **Al-Janadriyah Festival** (Arabic: مهرجان الجنادرية, romanized: Maharajān al-Janādrīyah) is a cultural heritage festival in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A cultural heritage festival is a celebration where people come together to show and celebrate their history and action or way of behaving that is common among them. It has been celebrated in Saudi Arabia since the year 1985. The festival shows a lot of things related to Saudi Arabia. A village is shown with old items, ornaments that people wear, for example rings, bracelets, and necklaces and tools used by Saudi people over fifty years ago as well as works of art. Each year, a different country is invited as a special . They are called the 'Guest of Honor'. Saudi Ministry of Culture invites them to see the festival's celebration. This also helps to make good relations with that country. The festival shows Saudi Arabia's culture and history. A large number of people from other countries or places come to see this. It is a place to make people learn about the country's old days and its people's way of life and to also increase Tourism. With its different types of activities and places of interest where tourists visit, the festival has become an important event for exchanging of cultures and understanding among nations.

## History
The first National Heritage and Culture Festival began on March 24, 1985, and was open until April 3, 1985. The main goal of the festival was to promote interest in Saudi heritage *(something that is handed down from generation to generation)*, save it, and educate people about it. The festival showed different activities that showed the local environment, including old houses, markets, and old sets of tools from different regions of Saudi Arabia. Over half a million visitors came to saw the festival at the village which later became known as Al-Jenadriyah Village and the festival later became known as Al-Jenadriyah Festival.

The Jenadriyah Festival is celebrated once in a year but in 2018 on the order of King Salman bin AbdulAziz the festival was  two times, first time in February and second time in December. India was the *Guest of Honor* in February while Indonesia was the *Guest of Honor* in December.

## Events and activities 
The festival opens with an opening ceremony *(held in celebration of the start of something)*; it then proceeds with various events, including: 

* Al Jenadriyah Operetta
* Tourism area
*Saudi Ardah
* Government Pavilions
* Provincial Pavilions
* Companies and Corporate wings
* Poetry Evenings 
* Heritage Village Activity
*Camel racing
* Horse racing
* Dancing
* Folk costumes
*Book fair
* Centre for documentation and pictures
* 'Guest of Honor' country to participate in the festival. In 2018, the Republic of India participated in the 32nd Jenadriyah Festival.
* Pavelion for 'Guest of Honor' country
* Showing old crafts such as pottery, process of combining and organizing two different sets of yarns together to make fabric, process of making objects from wood and process of making objects from metals.
## References
## Other websites
* Official website of the Festival