BAHRAIN - Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy

"The site consists of seventeen buildings in Muharraq City, three offshore oyster beds, part of the seashore and the Qal’at Bu Mahir fortress on the southern tip of Muharraq Island, from where boats used to set off for the oyster beds. The listed buildings include residences of wealthy merchants, shops, storehouses and a mosque. The site is the last remaining complete example of the cultural tradition of pearling and the wealth it generated at a time when the trade dominated the Gulf economy (2nd century to the 1930s, when Japan developed cultured pearls). It also constitutes an outstanding example of traditional utilization of the sea’s resources and human interaction with the environment, which shaped both the economy and the cultural identity of the island’s society." -http://whc.unesco.org/

Thank you so so much to Kuya Edwin  for completing my UNESCO postcards from Bahrain! You made me very happy to have this! ^-^

May your generosity be returned to you a thousand-fold!

He shared, "This building is the Ancestral House of the King of Bahrain..."

By the way, Kuya Edwin has an amazing Postcard Collection.

Should you want to help him out with his missing collection, feel free to keep in touch with him through his BLOG: http://3luenile.blogspot.com/

BAHRAIN - Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun

"Qal’at al-Bahrain is a typical tell – an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The strata of the 300 × 600 m tell testify to continuous human presence from about 2300 BC to the 16th century AD. About 25% of the site has been excavated, revealing structures of different types: residential, public, commercial, religious and military. They testify to the importance of the site, a trading port, over the centuries. On the top of the 12 m mound there is the impressive Portuguese fort, which gave the whole site its name, qal’a (fort). The site was the capital of the Dilmun, one of the most important ancient civilizations of the region. It contains the richest remains inventoried of this civilization, which was hitherto only known from written Sumerian references." -http://whc.unesco.org

Postcard 1

Thank you so much Ariffin for generously sending me this card! =)

Postcard 2

Thank you so much fellow Filipino postcrosser Edwin for sharing with me this wonderful postcard showing a UNESCO Site of Bahrain!
Ingat palagi d'yan... Am always praying for every Filipino away from home...
Hats off to you all! ^-^