Watching the New Year Light Up the Sky in Dubai

 

The very first time I sat down and watched New Year fireworks in Dubai, I had recollections that nothing was on my screen back home, which made me think I had been prepared to witness it.

 

Naturally I had watched the videos. Everyone has. Being there at the time, and experiencing the breath of the crowd, was quite another thing.

 

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Dubai does not relax in the new years. It announces it. Loudly.

 

At the time when it is close to midnight, the city starts to slow down in a weird manner. It stops traffic, silences talks and human beings instinctively look up.



 

Everyone could experience the sense of anticipation when you are on the front of Burj Khalifa, when you are on a rooftop or when you are sitting somewhere in the Jumeirah Beach.

 

I could spot families that were unraveling picnic blankets, couples that were bending down and strangers that were smiling with one another as though they knew every bit of the future.

 

Then the countdown begins.

 

It is not as though the sky is bursting to light, but it is waving. The fireworks climb the Burj Khalifa, enclose it and pour into the sky as the movie does. The glass buildings and water below reflect the colors which make the entire city shine.

 

The thing I liked best was the decision. You may be in the very middle of the action, right in the middle of the crowds of people and all the energy, or you can get to the periphery and see things. Then that night passed between both. Thousands of people were standing there with me, then I was on the beach and heard the fireworks in the distance, as the sea remained calm and black.

 

By the time the noise has finally subsided, the city does not hurry. People hang around, converse, laugh, and snap pictures they will not likely even share.

 

As I made my way back, I was oddly optimistic. It has something to do with beginning the year with a sky so bright that it seems, at least for a minute, anything is possible.

 

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