San Marino National Day is celebrated in Dubai
On Friday 10 December at Expo Dubai 2020, the National Day of San Marino is celebrated, the event that the United Arab Emirates are organizing in honor of the countries participating in the Universal Exposition. The Republic of San Marino will be represented by the highest institutions. The delegation, which will be led by the Captains Regent SE Francesco Mussoni and SE Giacomo Simoncini, is made up of the Secretaries of State Luca Beccari (Foreign Affairs), Marco Gatti (Finance), Andrea Belluzzi (Education and Culture), Teodoro Lonfernini (Work and Sport ) and will fly to Dubai tomorrow, Wednesday 8 December where the Secretary of State for Tourism will be waiting for the Captains Regent and the colleagues of the State Congress, with delegation to Expo Federico Pedini Amati, the General Commissioner of San Marino at Expo Dubai 2020 Filippo Francini and the staff of the San Marino Pavilion.
The official program of the National Day Ceremony on December 10 will open with the flag raising, the national anthem of the Republic of San Marino and the official greetings of the Emirati authorities and the Most Excellent Captains Regent on the “Stage of Nations” under the great dome of Al Wasl, the nerve center of Expo, which at sunset will be colored with the colors of the flag of San Marino. It will continue with the “San Marino Cultural performance” which includes a short musical performance by Monica Hill, Sara Jane Ghiotti and Valentina Monetta accompanied by the musicians of GiostremÃa and a show by the flag-wavers of the San Marino Crossbowmen Federation.
At 11 the San Marino authorities will visit the Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino and then that of the United Arab Emirates. Following is the official lunch at the Leadership Pavilion organized by the local institutions to host the San Marino delegation, scheduled during the day the very high institutional moment of the meeting of the Most Excellent Captains Regent with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. In the afternoon, at the Dubai Millennium Amphitheater, there will be a concert by Monica Hill, Sara Jane Ghiotti and Valentina Monetta with GiostremÃa, a quartet composed of Simonetta Agarici (piano), Michela Zanotti (viola), Serena Lucchi (flute) and Emanuela Valmaggi ( guitar), an ensemble that boasts several international performances including that at the prestigious International Festival of Culture and Arts of Jerash in Jordan. The day will end with the official visit of the San Marino authorities to the Italian Pavilion.
The San Marino National Day program also includes a parade by the San Marino Crossbowmen Federation through the avenues of Expo (at 3 pm the flag-wavers will perform again in the 2020 Plaza, the square of flags at the main entrance of Expo 2020) and a parade of the three athletes medalists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Alessandra Perilli, Myles Amine Mularoni and Gian Marco Berti. As part of the official visit of the San Marino delegation to Dubai for the National Day, further institutional meetings and collateral events are planned. On Thursday 9 December, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Luca Beccari and the Secretary of State for Finance Marco Gatti will travel to Abu Dhabi for a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The Most Excellent Captains Regent HE Francesco Mussoni and SE Giacomo Simoncini will be on an official visit to the Pavilions of Saudi Arabia, Russia and France on the afternoon of December 9th. On December 9, at 5 pm, in the San Marino Pavilion, a meeting with the local and international press of the San Marino athletes medalized at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Alessandra Perilli, Myles Amine Mularoni and Gian Marco Berti will be held while on Saturday 11 December at 12.30 there will be a further parade of the San Marino Balestrieri Federation starting from the main entrance of the Expo. For 10 December, the day of San Marino National Day, a large turnout is expected at the Expo in consideration of the fact that in the Arab world Friday is a public holiday and that shows by great international artists are scheduled, including the concert by Alicia Keys . The delegation will return to San Marino on the morning of Sunday 12 December.