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Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman - People of the Dhow (Hardcover)
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Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman - People of the Dhow (Hardcover)
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This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian
Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance
of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their
long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the
work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of
seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an
integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and
examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the
Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions,
navigational techniques, crew organisation and port towns. People
of the Dhow brings together the different measures of time past,
the sea, its people and their material culture. The Arabian Gulf
and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny within the
Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were fundamental
to the physical and human unities of the seafaring communities,
producing a way of life in harmony with the natural world, a world
which was abruptly changed with the discovery of oil. What remains
is memories of a seafaring past, a history of traditions and
customs recorded here in the recollections of a dying generation
and in the rich artistic heritage of the region.
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