Pictures Of Pearl Diving In Uae
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Pictures of pearl diving in uae. 150813 kuwait aug. The history of pearl diving in the uae is ancient with archaeologists finding evidence of this tradition dating back more than 7 000 years ago. But the most complex process of all was the pearl diving voyage which lasted four months in the midst of summer. There are many reasons that let the emirates people to endure these dangers of diving and working under burning sun.
The pearls were traded in many parts of the ancient world. Even vikings had packed them into their belongings on their way to scandinavia. Pearl diving is a practice that fascinates many tourists to the uae and a big piece of the culture as well. Emirati men were employed as pearl divers for seasonal or full time work.
It s begin on may and end on september. While pearl diving in the uae has all but completely died out one of the emirates ras al khaimah is creating cultured pearls much better than the ones in japan kayed said. There were same season for pearl diving and it toke about three months and above of pearling. The history of the maritime life of the uae and specially sharjah including shipbuilding pearl diving and pearl trade navigational devices etc.
These days the history and culture of pearl diving are used to boost the. More than 1 200 boats carried over 20 000 men for each annual pearling season. Pearl diving is an ancient practice that s been around for over 7000 years. In addition archaeologists have discovered that pearl trading reached wide spread popularity during roman times and that in the 1100 s the city of ras al khaimah was a booming trade post because of the pearl industry.
See more ideas about diving pearls pearl islands. Some of these places were in italy india and sri lanka. 13 2015 xinhua kuwaiti divers look for pearls in the shells they picked at the main beach in kuwait city at the end of the 27th annual pearl diving festival on aug.