Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2010 URL: Description: Al-Bar’ah is a Bedouin musical tradition from the Dhofar mountains in southern Oman. It takes the form of a warlike dance performed to drums and the chanting of poetry in a local tribal dialect. Al-Bar’ah is performed in a half circle formed by ten to thirty men and women. As they chant and clap, two male dancers holding ’’khanjars’’ (daggers) perform codified dan