Hadramout cultural heritage to be exhibited in Singapore

SAYOUN, March 10 (Saba) - Undersecretary of Hadramout governorate
Ahmed al-Junaid discussed here on Tuesday with head of Singaporean
National Central Library's delegation Zahara'a al-Junaid the
arrangements for holding an exhibition for the cultural heritage of
Hadramout in Singapore during the year 2010.

The exhibition will show the cultural heritage of Hadramout people
and their cultural impacts on Southeast Asian countries' peoples
through their past migrations as well as their affection by those
countries' culture and brought it back to Hadramout through
architecture and other fields.

During the meeting, the governorate undersecretary asserted the
significance of the exhibition as a part of the cultural dialogue
with those countries and highlights the role of Hadramout migrants
in calling for Islam in Southeast Asia. He expressed the Local
Authority's keenness on cooperating with the Singaporean delegation
in collecting some cultural pieces to be exhibited in the exhibition.

For her part, the Singaporean official confirmed that the exhibition
which will be held in the capital of Singapore will appear the role
of Yemenis, particularly Hadramout's people, in stabilizing virtues
and teachings of Islam and their prominent cultural contributions in
those countries.

BA/AF