Muscat – Muscat Nights Festival continues to serve as a vibrant platform for celebrating Omani culture, offering visitors a glimpse into the sultanate’s rich heritage. Among the standout performers this year is the Sawahil Folk Arts Band. Its performances at Naseem Park are captivating audiences, highlighting the cultural diversity and depth of Omani traditions. The band comprises 25 members from various places, including Muscat, North Batinah and South Sharqiyah. Band leader Dawood al Muaini said, “Our diversity enables us to present various traditions that attract visitors from all parts of the sultanate.” The group performs a range of traditional dance forms, including Razha, Al Bara’a, Al Madar and Al Wana, each deeply rooted in Oman’s cultural identity. Al Razha, one of the oldest traditional dances in Oman, holds a special place in the nation’s history. Known for symbolising strength and unity, it involves rhythmic movements accompanied by drums and poetry....

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Launched on October 10, 2009, Muscat Daily is now the largest selling broadsheet newspaper in the Sultanate of Oman with 33,500 daily copies and 28,000 subscribers.. Muscat Daily provides unrivalled national news coverage from Oman, the region and internationally. Source link

Launched on October 10, 2009, Muscat Daily is now the largest selling broadsheet newspaper in the Sultanate of Oman with 33,500 daily copies and 28,000 subscribers.. Muscat Daily provides unrivalled national news coverage from Oman, the region and internationally. Source link

Muscat – The National Museum in Muscat, in collaboration with the U S Embassy, is presenting the art exhibition ‘Madeline Díaz: Nuevos Caminos’, featuring over 20 artworks by Dominican-American artist Madeline Díaz. The exhibition, which runs until January 29, 2025, offers a compelling exploration of cultural identity, migration, and history through evocative landscapes and still-life compositions. The exhibition highlights two core series of Díaz’s work. The Caminos Series consists of 16 landscapes inspired by the artist’s travels along the Saint James Way in Spain. These works reflect her personal journey from the Dominican Republic to New York City and ultimately to Santiago de Compostela. The series invites visitors to reflect on themes of migration and identity, linking the historical pilgrimage route to broader human experiences of movement and belonging. In addition, the post colonial Bodegón series offers a modern reinterpretation of the classic Spanish still-life genre, featuring products from the...

Muscat – King Hamad bin Issa al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain visited the Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) on Wednesday as part of the programme of his state visit to the Sultanate of Oman. King Hamad toured ROHM and listened to a briefing about its facilities, the nature of its performances, its seasons and its programme throughout the year. He took note of the fact that ROHM boasts the latest equipment used in the field of international musical shows. During his tour, King Hamad was briefed about the architectural features of ROHM’s design, which highlights the Omani architectural heritage, with a blend of architecture representing different continents of the world. On the occasion, ROHM presented a musical performance staged by the Jazz Band of the Royal Guard of Oman (RGO) and RGO’s Second Battalion’s bagpipes and drums troupe. At the end of his visit, King Hamad signed the...