Manama, September 28 (BNA): The Intangible Cultural Heritage Forum will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Bahrain National Headquarters.
The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) organizes the event, which opens at 10:00 in the morning and continues until 3:00 in the evening.
Experts and specialists will attend the third batch that will highlight four elements of intangible heritage: palm trees, pottery, gold and pearls.
The Assistant Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Dr. Abdul Aziz Muhammad Abdul Karim, will address the first session, which focuses on palm trees.
BACA Director of Handicrafts Shawq Al-Alawi and other artisans will participate in the second session and highlight the importance of pottery in Bahrain’s intangible heritage.
The third session will deal with the history of goldsmithing in the Kingdom of Bahrain, while the fourth session will shed light on pearl fishing, which represented the pillar of Bahrain’s economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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