Oman Annual Salalah
Festival

Intro of Oman:

Oman is a country in Southwest Asia on the seashore of the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. Bordering countries include United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Oman has a judicious location on the Arabian Peninsula adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital cross point for crude oil. The region is motionless the domain of Bedouin nomads, although today it is also conjoining by oil and gas pipelines. The oldest independent state in the Arab world was a sultanate known as Oman and Muscat until 1970. The country was the most powerful in the region during the 19th century; it controlled Zanzibar and other country. Since the late 19th century, it has had powerful links with Britain.


What is Oman known for?

Oman is known for dromedaries, Arabian horses, green turtles, wild asses, the Oryx antelope (the national animal), date palms and frankincense trees. The country's staple food is chicken, and lamb (no pork, please) coffee and fish. Oman is famous for its earliest aflaj oases irrigation system, adobe fortresses, dhows (traditional Arabian sailing ships), lots of mosques, wadis (stream valleys), terraced orchards (Jebel Akhdar), meteorites, the world's third-largest yacht, and Al Said, owned by the Sultan.


Salalah Festival:

Salalah Tourism Festival materialize during the 'Khareef' or monsoon season of Oman. Khareef means 'autumn' in Arabic, and during this time in Oman, a typical tropical climatic condition control Dhofar. It typically starts around mid-July and lasts before late August. During the Khareef season, the city of Salalah is transformed into a luxuriant oasis, due to the rain showers that cool the summer air. The festival hosts good-looking charming artistic as well as cultural shows, with a mix of world wide programs for world wide tourists who come to enjoy the festival.

It is a energetic festival; with circuses, clothes stalls, games, music, theatrics, restaurants and much more. Many families come to have a picnic and enjoy the good-looking monsoon weather, while others come to enjoy the games, shows and fireworks that take place. It gets bigger and grander each year, with more roller coasters, cultural activities, food stalls, music and so on.