7 Cultural Universals about
OMAN
Sarah Kardorf
6.4
LANGUAGE IN OMAN
The language in Oman is arabic
English is widely spoken
Omani is the language for deaf communities
ART IN OMAN
ART
Art in Oman is very popular. It has to do a lot with its culture.
They express their artwork by colours and mix colours with each other. They use lots of patterns to
make different colours appear.
Using paint is not the only thing they do they also use sand to free draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sKSyVfccVY
MUSIC
The music in Oman is country music it is mostly in their language (which is arabic) it is music that
represents the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQPEqY_IMQ
DANCE
In Oman the dane they do is a kind of sword fight dance.
ECONOMY IN OMAN
The most people go with
the jobs farming,
architecture, mining.
*Farming* the things they farm they sell on big
markets where lots of people come and get food,
water, toys etc.
*Architecture* architecture in Oman is for small
family houses but also for huge beautiful
houses. The country has big white castles.
*Mining* mining is a big part of Oman.
Sometimes they even find old ancient houses
and castles.
BELIEFS IN OMAN
The three main beliefs in Oman are Unitarian Universalist, Agnostic, Sunni
Muslim.
Sunni Muslim is a
religion that shares
its belief with the
Islamic belief.
Where people
believe in
freedom and
rights.
Where people believe
that god and other
people from nature
existed.
RECREATION IN OMAN
For free time they either go to the beach, play sports,
soccer, golf and do camel riding.
Tourists that come and want to observe and see more things about
Oman also sometimes do things like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCWLtyTmX3o
ENVIRONMENT/MATERIAL CULTURE IN OMAN
In Oman they a eat fast food. They mostly eat
vegetables and other healthy things.
The woman wear either completely black or they wear
colourful long dresses like they do in India.
The men where a long white dress that looks like a
knight gown. They carry a cane (kind of stick) with them,
they wear shoes that look like old leather sandals.
INSTITUTIONS IN OMAN
Women in Oman are always seen as a mother or wife. The people there
think every women you see has a husband or is a mother of a child.
In the most families the dad makes the decisions.
The whole family needs to always have a part of either cleaning up at
home or doing something else that is helpful. - no matter how old or
young -
Oman is a monarchy country - which means the people there have the
right to vote.
Oman is a monarchy country which means they dont have the right to
vote.
MY RESEARCH
MY RESEARCH
Beliefs
Recreation
Environment
SOURCES
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COMPARISON BETWEEN OMAN & SAUDI ARABIA
SIMILARITY
Both countries are found in the middle east.
Both have Arabic as their main language.
English is widely spoken.(language)
Both islamic and muslim belief.(belief
Both are monarchy countries.- can both vote.(Institutions)
Both in their free time mostly do sports
(recreation)
Both have a very hot climate men wear a long
white gown and the woman colourful muslim
belief clothes. (environment & material culture)
DIFFERENCES
Oman does farming as one of the
main jobs and Saudi Arabia does
more oil work. (economy)
ARGUMENT
They are the mostly same
because they speak the same
language they have most of the
same beliefs. They both in there
free time play sports and or go to
the beach, both countries have a
very hot climate and the women
and men wear the same. They
are also 95% the same because
they are also very close to each
other and both in the middle east!
Both of the countries speak
Arabic for there main lauguage.
