Sharjah launches 8-day fantasy world impressed by ‘Wizard of Oz’

Gulf Right this moment, Employees Reporter

The Home of Knowledge in Sharjah yesterday launched a fantasy-inspired 8-day occasion titled ‘The Enchanted Gardens’, for younger kids, with a big selection of fun-filled actions enabling them to stroll via the enchanted gardens and watch performances, actions, workshops, film and magic exhibits coming alive. With a imaginative and prescient to boost cross-cultural dialogue in kids’s literature, the occasion, which runs from December 25 via January 1, is predicated on the 1900s best-seller e book ‘The Fantastic Wizard of Oz’, a kids’s novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Kids aged 5-12 can get pleasure from devoted enjoyable zones on the honest, which is being held on the Southern Gardens every day from 5pm to 10pm.

Particular wristbands are supplied to kids registering their participation on the occasion to make sure their security as they navigate via totally different components of the novel sequence of Oz, which fuelled the creativeness horizons of the younger previously century. Dorothy’s Village  Lined up with every part possessed by the central character of the legendary novel — Dorothy and her canine — kids do have a possibility to stroll into her home and open the home windows to really feel themselves flying amid the twister with automobiles, cows and little homes beneath them. Kids may seize merchandise from the novel — magical sneakers, character collectible figurines and stationery — on the venue.

  Efficiency Stage Designed because the Emerald Citadel, the efficiency stage holds all main performances of the pageant, mesmerising each the younger in addition to the adults. Quite a few performances together with puppets, bubbles, theatre exhibits, musicals, and circuses are on the lineup on the stage for kids to indulge into the legendary story of Oz that delighted little kids for the previous century. Laser performances, comedy magic exhibits, pantomimes in addition to film screenings are additionally a part of the Oz-themed occasion. 

The Deserted Maze The Deserted Maze begins on the Gate of Oz with a dense sound impact, ground spotlights, and ceiling coated with twigs, vine leaves and logs with squirrels and hanging monkeys. The maze is split into 5 additional sections with varied actions, together with African masks portray; Japanese manga caricature; Swiss chocolate making; UAE fragrance making; and Indian hair-braiding and bangle-making. Kids’s Play Space Kids can get pleasure from and discover the house with their households on this fantastically lit land of the Oz with flowers, glowing timber, trampolines, twinkling rides, and so on.

Characters from the novel are wandering via the play space telling their tales in an attractive narrative all through the pageant. Kids will even have the chance to decorate up of their favorite Oz character with onscreen avatars. As a part of the occasion, there’s a devoted workshop space, the place kids can interact in quite a lot of enigmatic experiences to study new expertise. Flower-shaped cotton candies on glow sticks from the land of Oz additionally await kids on the occasion, similar to the Witch Juice Magical Pot, which serves juice with a soup spoon and glow-fire beneath.