Pearls were considered the main product for trade in the Oman region”. Explain
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To casual onlookers and observers, the UAE’s pearling history appears both quixotic and quaint with its imagery of sleepy fishing villages roused into seasonal action, wooden boats leaving land in picturesque sail, and hardy men plying the waters for months on the mere promise of good fortune.
National tributes include icons such as Ras Al Khaimah’s Pearl Roundabout, Sharjah’s pearl-topped union monument at Al Ittihad Square and the freehold development Dubai Pearl. Odes are drawn to the nukhada – the captain who led the way to pearl banks using only the sun, stars and the colour and depth of the sea, and the nahham – the singer whose only job on the boat was to assuage arduous chores. Re-enactments held at heritage and cultural centres showcase the great hardships faced by the divers, in stark contrast to their simple gear of nose plug, finger guard, and cotton cloth or bodysuit. Children and tourists are taught that although it was a dangerous profession and a hard life, these forbears who found plentiful pearls and sold them to avid buyers lived contentedly until the death knell was sounded by Japan’s cultured pearls, and the Second World War.
Some of the gear used by Gulf pearlers
Some of the gear used by Gulf pearlers
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While this picturesque poignancy serves up a nice slice of living history – and much pride in it – there is more dynamism and depth to the UAE’s pearling industry. The legacy left behind by the intricate ecosystem of divers and their captains, the men who sponsored their expeditions, enterprising merchants and middlemen, and buyers who were lured to the region by the world’s finest pearls, showcases the country’s earliest instances of financing adeptness, trade expertise, and sturdy relationships of co-dependence.
“Many of the factors that defined the UAE’s pearling industry still stand true today, and principal among these were innovation, resilience, multiculturalism and an innate expertise in financing,” explains Abdulla Al Suwaidi, founder of Suwaidi Pearls and one of the foremost Emirati authorities on pearls. “Much like today, the people were tolerant, opportunistic, adaptable and resilient, and theirs was a combination of ambition, negotiation and far-seeing vision.”
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Those days people of the Arabian coast mostly depended on pearl trade and fishing. So mainly their occupation was pearl trading Demand for pearls has come from their unique qualities such as their colour, lustre and luminosity, and their use, mainly in jewellery. Pearls have historically been an important precious gem traded worldwide please mark me as ..........................
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