Culture of Eastern Arabia
There is a rich and ancient culture in
The semiannual tradition of
Overview
Cultures in the region include those of
.Gargee'an
Qarqe'an is an semiannual celebration, observed in Eastern Arabia, that takes place on the 15th night of
Although the celebration of Qarqe'an shares superficial similarities with the Halloween custom of trick-or-treating, practiced in some western countries, Qarqe'an has no connection with horror and no associated origin with Halloween.
Music
A variety of music and dance forms are practised in the region, including
.- Musical instruments
Traditional instruments include the Oud, along with a variety of drums and the manjur. The Tanbūra lyre is also used.
Languages
A number of different dialects of Arabic are spoken in the region, including Gulf Arabic and Bahrani Arabic. The Lurs language of Kumzari is also spoken by Omani people of Musandam Peninsula. Kumzari is the only Iranian language native to the Arab world.
Cuisine
Due to the seafaring nature of the Arabs along the eastern Arabian coast, seafood forms the major part of the cuisine of the region. Camel meat and milk also forms a basic staple for all the population, most prominently for
Dress
The dress of the region includes long
Transport
Traditional transport in the region includes boats such as Dhows and Abras.
Other cultural features
Other cultural features of the region include
References
- ^ "Iranians in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates". Eric Andrew McCoy. pp. 67–68.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "القرقاعون من أهم الاحتفالات الرمضانية الشعبية في مملكة البحرين". Bahrain News Agency. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Charles Perry, "Cooking with the Caliphs", Saudi Aramco World 57:4 (July/August 2006) full text Archived 2014-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Madawi Al-Rasheed, ed. (2005). Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf.
- Lawrence G. Potter, ed. (2009). The Persian Gulf in History.
- "The Gulf's Ethnic Diversity: An Evolutionary History" in Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles and the Search for Consensus, Edited by G. Sick and L. Potter, pp. 284.
- Lawrence G. Potter, ed. (2014). Sectarian Politics in the Gulf (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-24.