New Pearl Museum opens in RAK
The ancient myths talk about the
precious pearl. Two of local legends say she has two mothers Bint Al Qamar daughter of the rain and Bint Al Matar' daughter of the rain. Both of them said there is nothing
more beautiful or precious than a pearl. The trade was
done by merchants and monarchs across the world. Also it had are impact on the
local culture and economy. Many tourists
from all over the would come to RAK to see the pearls and take photos. The
people stopped diving to find the pearls since 1930 because of the Japanese
invention of cultured pearls. Also you can see a lot of women from all the
world wear the pearl jewelry. Pearl divers wore special clothes such as Al
Khabt or leather finger gloves; 'Al Fatam', a tortoise-shell flexible nose
clip; and a thick, white cotton diver suit against jellyfish. Despite this
precaution, many divers suffered from great illness later on in their life.
They wore no protection for their eyes and ears, and suffered later on from
blindness and deafness.
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