A nose clip made of turtle bone would be worn to ... dawn to dusk and complete about 200 dives every day. Seasons of pearl diving The pearl diving season kicks off with the grand diving season.

Pearl diving in the Emirates is a tradition that ... and even accessories such as the 320-year old gazelle horn nose clip. At the Dubai Museum, some facts that leap out of the descriptions.

Pearl diving in the Emirates is a tradition that ... and even accessories such as the 320-year old gazelle horn nose clip. At the Dubai Museum, some facts that leap out of the descriptions.

Today, some practice the old method of pearl diving to honor their ... the diver jumps in feet-first. A clip made from turtle shell or sheep's bone keeps his nose plugged, and a stone weight ...

With the Red Bull Cliff Diving world series final ... For equipment, pearl divers would have just a turtle-shell nose clip, wax in their ears, leather finger protectors, a rope basket, their ...

As we walked on the alleys of Souq Waqif in search of shops selling pearls, met with the veteran - probably the only surviving pearl diver in Qatar. Saad Ismail Al Jassem, a multifaceted ...

Image source, Bahrain Ministry of Culture Divers used to put on nose clips prior to descending ... works referring in one way or another to pearl diving. Each pearl has a special name depending ...

"My grandfather, actually, he was a pearl diver," he says ... also used to rely on tying stone weights to one leg and a nose clip as they descended deep to find oysters. On our trip Mohammed ...

“I’m an old pearl diver ... scuba gear for recreational diving but still has his traditional tools on display. Only three items were required to dive: a nose plug, a weight to tie around ...