Highlights of the Seafood Fest UAE 2018

Thousands of seafood lovers from different emirates recently descended on Deira's Waterfront Market for a unique food festival

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00:00Three, two, one, let's boogie party!

00:15Thousands of seafood lovers from different emirates recently descended on Dara's Waterfront

00:20Market for a unique food festival.

00:25Organized as a commemorative activity for the 47th UA National Day, the Seafood Boodle

00:31Fight aimed to set a world record for the most number of people simultaneously eating

00:36a seafood boodle fight.

00:40The boodle fight is a century-old tradition by the Philippine military that has made its

00:44way into restaurants around the Philippines and now all over the world.

00:49Participants of a boodle fight partake of a meal served on a long table covered with

00:54banana leaves.

00:58In the military's tradition, diners practice kamayan, which means eating with bare hands

01:03and diners do not sit in chairs, but instead stand in a line of both sides of the table.

01:08Irish Eden Belyaza for Gulf News.