Our second day started off with a cultural tour and brunch at Sheikh Mohammed bi Rashid Centere for Cultural Understanding. The tour started from the Bedouins that settled in area due its natural resource of water, which lead to a booming trade and pearl business.
They used black goats hair to create their first tents, followed by coral bricks set together by gypsum. The coral bricks still allowed the desert breezes to move through the homes in order to keep inside cooler.
Additional open towers were build with a X shaped structures inside, this acted as additional cooling by directing the winds down and into the homes. Our tour wrapped up with some time inside of a most learning about the practices and principles of Islam.
Following that we gathered for a family style meal with our guide while we asked questions about the region, religion, and residents of the United Arab Emirates.
The question and answer session lead to questions about the typical dress that some followers of Islam take part of. Our guide, Nasif, taught us of the thobes (male) and abayas (female). He explained the purpose was for modesty, to not flaunt your wealth, beauty, knowledge, additionally it is so all individuals are on an equal field as each other especially during the 5 daily prayers.
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