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Na ovom mestu prošlost sreće sadašnjost i budućnost In this place past meets present and future

Nasmejani majstori će vam na ručnoj mašini napraviti glineni ćup ili naduvati stakleni suvenir Smiling master- craftsmen will use hand-powered machines to make you clay jars or blow glass to make a souvenir

foundations for the fastest-ever deve- lopment of a country. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Father of the Nation, whose face and name you will see throughout the country, uni- ted the seven emirates, and the co- untry celebrated 45 years of unifica- tion on 2 nd December, 2016. If today you were to visit Abu Dha- bi, you would find it difficult to ima- gine that just four decades ago the people here rode camels over sandy roads and made their living from pe- arl divings. In houses made of palm wood, the local population mainly sur- vived by extracting shells from the sea and selling their shiny contents. Abu Dhabi’s leaders have tried to sa- ve part of that recent past from obli- vion at the “Heritage Village”, where tourists are left stunned by paintin- gs from the late 20 th century. The vi- llage represents a replica of an Emi- rati settlement prior to the discovery of oil and the economic boom, and consists of different types of houses

rio temelje najbržeg razvoja jedne zemlje u istoriji. Šeik Zajed bin Sul- tan al Nahjan, Otac nacije, čije ćete lice i ime videti u celoj zemlji, uje- dinio je sedam emirata, a država je 2. decembra 2016. proslavila 45 go- dina od ujedinjenja. Ukoliko biste danas posetili Abu Dabi, teško biste mogli da zamisli- te da su pre samo četiri decenije ljudi tu jahali kamile po peščanim putevima i živeli od bisera. U kući- cama od palminog drveta lokalno stanovništvo uglavnom je preživlja- valo vadeći školjke i njihovu blista- vu unutrašnjost. Čelnici Abu Dabija potrudili su se da od zaborava saču- vaju deo te tako bliske prošlosti u

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