Traditional Arts in Southern Arabia
Christensen, Dieter / Castelo-Branco, Salwa El
The Arabian Peninsula, and in particular, the coastal areas of the Arab Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arab Sea, boast since times immemorial a wealth of cultural forms to which the people of the desert and those of the sea and from across the seas have amply contributed. The arts-music, dance, poetry in performance-not only testify to a deep history and express diverse ethnic identities, as an integral part of daily life they are also instrum...