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Dubai Expo Closing Ceremony in Full 4K – An extraordinary Year in Video
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The Build up….

The official video building up to the Closing Ceremony of Dubai Expo – a year that has celebrated life in its many aspects including a world class education system in Dubai, the broader UAE – and the vital part children, as the future generation, play in shaping our world at this glorious meeting point of East meeting West.

As the world feels the horror of a war with no victors, Dubai offers a much needed recognition of the best of us and the hope of a better, peaceful world to come…

Closing Ceremony in 4K

The Story – Dubai Expo Closing Ceremony

  • Children centre stage in the audience at the Closing Ceremony of Dubai Expo beneath stunning Al Wasl dome as a beacon of hope
  • Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones and Yo-Yo Ma lead the line-up of global talent
  • Celebration of young Emirati girl from the Opening Ceremony and her journey of 182 days connecting with the world before reaching for the future and the potential of the world to embrace hope.
  • Baton is passed from Expo 2020 Dubai to next World Expo, Expo 2025 Osaka

Expo 2020 Dubai official ended on 31st March 2022 with a spectacular Closing Ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza, home to the world’s largest 360-degree projection surface, exactly 182 days after the Opening Ceremony that brought the world to the UAE for a celebration ten years in the making.

Global music icons Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones and Yo-Yo Ma headlined – with 22 giant screens across the Expo 2020 Dubai site and Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre.

The cast of the Closing Ceremony included more than 400 professionals and volunteers from 56 countries,

A landmark part of the Ceremony included a tribute to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

As Expo 2020 concludes, His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner General of Expo 2020 Dubai, hands the BIE Flag to His Excellency Ambassador Jai-chul Choi, President of the General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) before its being passed to the leadership of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.

Live reporting: Tabitha Barda in Dubai. Extra UK reporting in London, Johnathan Westley. Video feed Dubai Expo.   

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Tabitha Barda
Tabitha Barda is the Senior Editor of SchoolsCompared.com. Oxbridge educated and an award winning journalist in the UAE for more than a decade, Tabitha is one of the region's shining lights in all that is education in the emirates. A mum herself, she is passionate about helping parents - and finding the stories in education that deserve telling. She is responsible for the busy 24x7 News Desk, our Advisory Boards and Specialist Panels - and Parents United's WHICHPlaydates - a regular meeting place for UAE parents to discuss the issues that matter to them, make friends and network with others. You can often find Tabitha too on Parents United - our Facebook community board, discussing the latest schools and education issues with our parent community in the UAE - and beyond.

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