Feast for the eyes: Dazzling shows during Sharjah Light Festival 2020 from February 5 to 15

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Feast for the eyes: Dazzling shows during Sharjah Light Festival 2020 from February 5 to 15

World’s most-acclaimed light festival combines local, international talents

Published: February 05, 2020 22:42 Compiled by Jay Hilotin, Senior Web News Editor , Atiq Ur Rehman, Photographer and Virendra Saklani, Photographer

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shj light fest 001 — LIGHT, SOUND, FIREWORKS SHOW: The opening night of “Sharjah Light Festival 2020” at the Sharjah Municipality Building. The festival runs from February 5-15, 2020. The world’s most acclaimed light festival combines local talent and internationally renowned artists. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani / Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Sharjah Light Festival at Al Qasba. For the 10th consecutive year, the Sharjah Light Festival illuminates the Emirate. The colourful event kicked off on February 5, 2020 (Wednesday). It runs until February 15. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — The yearly festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who come to be astonished by the specially composed music, artistic ingenuity and technical skills of the masters who curate the stunning illuminations onto the beautiful architecture of Sharjah. Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman / Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman / Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — The Sharjah Light festival takes visitors on a tour of cultural heights, fusing all the components of beauty, art, culture, education, innovation and higher thinking into one glorious event. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Visitors are treated to eye-popping displays of colour, images and lights are inspired by a variety of subjects such as beauty, science, creativity and knowledge. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — The Sharjah Light Festival is a highly anticipated event as each year it takes the advancements of technology and transforms them with an elegant touch into something awe-inspiring. Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman /Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — The Sharjah Mosque illuminated in bright colours during the opening of Sharjah Light Festival on February 5. The event runs until February 15, during which rich programmes, grouped into clusters based on up to 20 locations, showcase the architectural splendour of Sharjah and the beauty of its buildings. Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman /Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Architectural splendour of Sharjah: The Sharjah Municipality building. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Image Credit: Virendra Saklani / Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Image Credit: Atiq Ur Rehman /Gulf News

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shj light fest 001 — Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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Sharjah Light Festival at Al Majaz waterfront. — A scene in Al Majaz waterfront, which forms part of the Sharjah Light Festival 2020. Many of the designs inspired by local culture, stories and traditions or incorporate nature and space, some are based on more modern art and design, all are beautiful and though provoking. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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Sharjah Light Festival 2121 — Al Majaz waterfront, Sharjah Light Festival 2020: The Sharjah Light Festival extends to the east coast towns of Dibba, Khorfakkan and Kalba. 2019 saw well known artists and curators such as Larent Langlois and Cindy Lo as well as companies; Studio Halpeji and Group F take the buildings of the emirate and interpret them anew for the festival. Sharjah Light Festival 2020 is the next highly anticipated edition, from 5 to 15 February. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

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