New Pearl Museum opens in RAK

 

There are many ancient myths about the pearl, but two local legends say she has two mothers. Showed from thoughts of one called Bint Al Matar which mean’s daughter of rain, and other one called Bint Al Qamar which mean also daughter of the Moon. As you know, RAK was known as the capital of the pearl trade for European travelers and sailors. The museum manager points to a replica of a document dated 1654, from the governor general in Batavia to the directors of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands. It asks the company to send "two energetic and experienced merchants" to Julfar, where "this jewel is being fished, to stay there from the first to the last catch". The centuries-old pearling industry collapsed in the Gulf in the early 1930s but the influence of the pearl lived on, as Emirati women are still being named after different types of local names for pearls. The museum, which is one of a kind in the region, opened two months ago. They used a protection diving gear; regardless they suffered from deafness and sickness. On the second floor there is the “Miracle of Arabia” which they are proud of sitting inside a red velvet throne.