Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Family Outing

 We finally made it to Bait Al Zubair - it only took us two years to go and I wish we would have gone sooner.  Bait al Zubair (House of Al Zubair) is a renovated house from a prominent family displaying their many, many Omani artifacts, some centuries old.

Inside there were models of forts, examples of Omani dress for men and women, jewelry, swords, guns, khanjars... all sorts of things.  It was very interesting to see the history and traditions behind many of the Omani objects we see all the time. 

Outside there was even more to explore.  They had a model of a traditional village, complete with a running falaj system, a channel for transporting water.  There was a miniature town, popular with the girls. And, their favorite was a model of a home that the they could wander around in and explore.  Topped it off with an ice cream treat at the cafe!