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A dhow in the Indian Ocean, near the islands of Zanzibar on the Swahili coast Fishermen's dhows moored at Dubai in 2014. Dhow (/ d aʊ /; Arabic: داو, romanized: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region.
A sanbuk in Aden in 1936 The hull of a small sanbuk at the Dubai Museum, Al Fahidi Fort, UAE. Sanbuk (ultimately from Middle Persian sanbūk [1]), known in New Persian as Sunbūk (سنبوک), in Turkish as Zambuk and in Arabic as Sanbūk (سنبوك), Sanbūq (سنبوق) and Ṣunbūq (صنبوق), is a type of dhow, a traditional wooden sailing vessel.
Traditional fishing boats are usually characteristic of the stretch of coast along which they operate. They evolve over time to meet the local conditions, such as the materials available locally for boat building, the type of sea conditions the boats will encounter, and the demands of the local fisheries .
An abra on Dubai Creek An abra plying the waters on Dubai creek. An abra (Arabic: عبرة abra) is a traditional boat made of wood. Abras are used to ferry people across the Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They travel between the water station at Shindagha/Al Ghubaiba on the Bur Dubai side, and the water station at Al Sabkha on the ...
Traditional sports in the United Arab Emirates describes sports that are practiced traditionally by the Emirati population in the area that constitutes the United Arab Emirates. These sports include activities that were practiced mainly for survival and include falconry , underwater diving , endurance riding , camel racing , and dhow racing.
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Traditional architecture in the United Arab Emirates was heavily influenced by the desert landscape, culture, lifestyle and available building materials. [7] The Bedouin , a nomadic Arab tribe who traditionally live in the desert were well known for using palm frond shelters, known as arish in the summer months.