Muscat festival 2014 kicks off

The Annual Muscat festival, the biggest ever in Oman, was lunched here on Thursday which will last until February 22. Head of the Media and Culture Committee for Muscat Festival Saif Al-Rashidi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that this year's festival includes some new activities that blend the past and the present with the participation of more than 60 countries from around the world, and offers complete entertainment for families at its various venues.Since its inception in 1998, Muscat Festival has proven to be more than just a celebratory, cultural and artistic event, or merely an entertaining forum in which civilizations come together, involving multilingual activities. The 2013 edition had proven to be a bigger hit than its previous editions, recording over 1.6 million visitors.