{"id":19729,"date":"2019-05-11T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T09:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=19729"},"modified":"2019-05-11T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T09:39:03","slug":"expo-2020-releases-animation-film-on-ghaf-tree-and-its-symbolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/expo-2020-releases-animation-film-on-ghaf-tree-and-its-symbolism\/","title":{"rendered":"Expo 2020 Releases Animation Film On Ghaf Tree And Its Symbolism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">A new animation film was released by Expo 2020 Dubai, showcasing the ghaf tree, and how it symbolises Expo 2020&#8217;s message of unity and collaboration.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">The animated short film tells the story of &#8216;Salama&#8217;, a wise character based on a real-life ghaf tree preserved on the event&#8217;s site due to its value as the national tree of the UAE and symbol of peace and the ability to bring people together.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">The film follows the life of Salama as she witnesses the UAE through the ages, including the country&#8217;s unification, through to the present, and then looks towards the exciting future that Expo 2020 represents.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">Salama represents a beacon of safety for travellers and visitors and, as a meeting place for many generations, helps to forge understanding and tolerance, therefore symbolising Expo&#8217;s theme of &#8216;Connecting Minds, Creating the Future&#8217;. Similar to the UAE, she grows and flourishes under all circumstances.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">The film concludes with Salama perched on a hill overlooking the site of Expo 2020, which will bring together the world for six months from 20th October 2020.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new animation film was released by Expo 2020 Dubai, showcasing the ghaf tree, and how it symbolises Expo 2020&#8217;s message of unity and collaboration. The animated short film tells the story of &#8216;Salama&#8217;, a wise character based on a real-life ghaf tree preserved on the event&#8217;s site due to its value as the national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19731,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions\/19731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}