“I understand why pearl diving stopped. It was there to bring in money and as soon as it wasn’t generating it any more, why would you do it? It was a tough life.” But diving free of ...

The appropriate dhow was chosen to suit the season, and all essential equipment – sails ... drum – an essential instrument in Khaleeji pearl diving music – after a voyage to India at ...

“Pearl diving, once a simple task requiring minimal equipment, has evolved significantly. Nowadays, advancements in diving suits and equipment have greatly improved safety and ease during dive ...

Pearl diving in the Emirates is a tradition that ... There is an extensive explanation at both museums of the procedures and equipment, the fishing nets, scales, baskets, the copper scoops ...

With the Red Bull Cliff Diving world series final coming to the UAE, the country is again celebrating its diving roots - for a thousand years, the main trade here was pearl diving. Pearl divers ...

Retired Emirati naval officer and experienced diver has made passing on tradition to young Emiratis his life’s mission Dubai: Ali was eight years old when he went on his maiden pearl diving trip ...

Over the decades, the dhows had become more than just a vessel to the pearl divers. Listening to his ... was only used for storing the sails, any equipment and the food supplies.”, ...

(MENAFN- Arab Times) The 28th Pearl Diving expedition got underway at the Kuwait Sea Sports Club with more than 70 of the registered 129 enthusiasts showing up at the club on the first day to take ...

Mr. Rashid was one of the guides for an annual pearl-diving expedition, a trip the organizers call a simple attempt to connect young Kuwaiti men with their largely forgotten past. Every year since ...

The pearl divers are back in business at SeaWorld Orlando, where theme-park visitors are picking out underwater souvenirs again. In some ways, it’s so very Orlando to turn shopping into a little ...