Doha, Qatar: Expo 2023 Doha on Wednesday marked the National Day of Ecuador highlighting the country’s horticulture, floriculture, and agriculture fields and showcasing culture, crafts, and art.
The event was graced by Ambassador Expo 2023 Doha Commissioner General, H E Ambassador Bader bin Omar Al Dafa, and several diplomats.
Several lectures were organised on the type of soil the management of sowing and the sustainability of the production process. In the floricultural field, conferences have been given on the unique specialty of the high altitude rose, with the quality of the long stem, well, a bouquet of long-lasting roses of Ecuadorian origin was delivered to the attendees well, the import of roses in general, the Gulf region has doubled in recent months.
In crafts, a weaver of toquilla straw hats has become to Qatar, a unique hat in the world, the same with the cultural presentation of Folklore dances from Ecuador.
Speaking at the event Ambassador of Ecuador in Qatar H E Pascual Del Cioppo said, “Since October, the experience for Ecuador has been extraordinary, therefore, we have also to have the time and the place to show our country, through its products in horticulture, floriculture and agriculture in general, but also show Ecuador with its culture, crafts and art.”
“For this, the permanent collaboration of this Expo Commission, to organize the conferences in November last year, as well as today’s arrival of artisans, artists, farmers, and exporters of fruits, roses, handcrafts, and their agricultural products, is what which has allowed us the success of this exhibition,” he added.
The Ambassador also said that the Expo 2023 Doha has provided an opportunity for visitors from Ecuador as well as for those who live here, the opportunity to know the roots, especially agricultural ones, of nearly 80 countries around the world.
